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This Black Friday, we're inviting you to us in store for an exclusive deal that puts the joy back into holiday savings.  

Ensuring our stores have enough volunteers means you our valued customers & donors can have a fantastic experience when you shop, donate or browse with us.

Tuesday the 7th of November is a public holiday for many Victorians. Some Salvos Stores will be closed on this day, whilst others will be open reduced hours. Click to see which stores near you will be trading on 7/11/23...

Why gift someone a regular Christmas gift when you could gift them a landfill diverting, emissions limiting, water sparing, chemical avoiding, homelessness reducing, local community supporting, preloved Christmas gift? This Christmas, Salvos Stores are encouraging Aussies to give 'gifts that mean more' by shopping them secondhand. Read more about the campaign here...

Monday the 2nd of October is a public holiday! King's Birthday in QLD and Labour Day in NSW, ACT, & SA. Our stores across these states will be either closed or trading reduced hours on this day. Check here to see if your local store will be open...

From Thursday the 5th of October select stores in QLD, NSW, ACT, WA, NT & SA will be trading extended hours to make the most of the sunny Summer evenings! Check out the full list of extended hours here...

This September Salvos Stores are running a 'Donate for a Discount' offer exclusively in our Tasmanian stores. Throughout this month anyone who donates to a Salvos in Tasmania will receive a 20% off discount voucher which can be used in store or online! This means that you can send your preloved pieces off to a new home and secure even greater savings on your next Salvos haul in one go! *This offer is available exclusively in Tasmania until September 30.

Thrifting as a plus size person can be frustrating. But it doesn't have to be. So, we are very excited that our amazing friends Faye De Lanty and Annika Nielsen have put together their top six tips for shopping for secondhand plus size clothing...

This D.I.Y. July, every Aussie's favourite Bunnings Warehouse are challenging you to create the best D.I.Y. project of 2023. And as part of this challenge, they're encouraging Aussies to use preloved items that they find at Salvos Stores in their projects...

You may have noticed that our website and social media channels have a new look...

Chantel is an avid thrifter who loves to share her thrifted fit checks, vibrant op shop hauls, and body positivity on TikTok. This year, Chantel has challenged herself to visit #everysalvosinvictoria. Naturally, we are totally on board with this quest! So much so that we wanted to get to know a bit more about Chantel and the kind of Salvos shopper that she is. Read on to see what Chantel had to say about thrifting your winter wardrobe, being stylish regardless of size, and her #everysalvosinvictoria journey so far...

In a world where Australians send over 210,000 tonnes of clothing to landfill each year, what would happen if we redefined what it means to buy ‘new’ clothes? Does ‘new’ have to mean completely new, or just ‘New to You’?

‘New To Me’ is a hashtag which has become popular online. It works to normalise secondhand shopping by framing preloved goods as new to someone. Our New To Who campaign plays on this messaging by encouraging you to consider who your donation may be new to! 

Did you know that on average Australian’s buy 56 new items of clothing each year? That’s according to the Clothing Data report presented by the Australian Fashion Council in 2022. We’re the second largest consumers of clothing in the world – just behind the United States. 

In today's society, it is undeniable that fast fashion brands and retail stores dominate the fashion industry. However, there is a growing awareness of environmental concerns and the importance of ethical and sustainable fashion, leading to a gradual shift towards thrifting and upcycling...