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After more than 20 years in business, Westboro’s Ten Thousand Villages store is closing.

The Richmond Road store is one of 15 fair-trade Ten Thousand Villages outlets across the country to be closed as the chain wraps up its Canadian operation.

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Eight independently owned and operated outlets will remain open, most of them out West.

The Westboro store is staffed by one paid employee and a team of volunteers and carried products as diverse as furniture and coffee, folk music instruments and home decor items. Staff there referred media inquiries to the Mennonite Central Committee, which operates Ten Thousand Villages.

The company announced the shutdown “with a heavy heart” on Tuesday afternoon.

“In this challenging retail environment, we recognize your commitment, support and dedication to the success of Ten Thousand Villages Canada,” the company said in a release. “However, in spite of all our best efforts, we have been unable to achieve the level of sales that would continue to provide us with the ability to operate a sustainable business model. It is for this reason that Mennonite Central Committee Canada (MCCC) has made the difficult decision to close their social enterprise, Ten Thousand Villages Canada.”