Business Description
Ten Thousand Villages of Glen Ellyn is one of a network of nonprofit retail stores providing a fair trade marketplace in North America for artisans in developing regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Ten Thousand Villages in Glen Ellyn, IL, is a fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted home decor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe. Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in some 38 countries, we are part of a network of over 390 retail outlets throughout the United States selling Ten Thousand Villages products.
As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other opportunities for income. A founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), Ten Thousand Villages sees fair trade as an alternative approach to conventional international trade.
Regular store hours:
Monday: 10 am-6pm
Tuesday: 10 am-6 pm
Wednesday: 10 am-6 pm
Thursday: 10 am-8 pm
Friday: 10 am-6 pm
Saturday: 10 am-6pm
Sunday: 12-4pm
Holiday store hours:
November 1st-23rd
Monday: 10 am-6 pm
Tuesday: 10 am-8 pm
Wednesday: 10 am-8 pm
Thursday: 10 am-8 pm
Friday: 10 am-6 pm
Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
Sunday: Noon-4 pm
We are open 10 am-2 pm Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Visit website for other special event store hours
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 503 Pennsylvania Avenue
- Postcode:
- 60137
- City:
- Glen Ellyn
- State:
- Illinois
- Zip:
- 60137
- Phone:
- 630-790-1166
- Website:
- Website: http://www.glenellyn.tenthousandvillages.com
- Category:
- Shopping Retail
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