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How charity shops became cool

Retail Gazette

The concept is the brainchild of Wayne Hemingway MBE, founder of British fashion brand Red or Dead and Maria Chenoweth, CEO of TRAID, and is a destination where people can shop the best of charity retail all in one place. M&S sends unsold stock to charity partners Oxfam, Newlife or SmartWorks. Wackett applauds such initiatives.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Started selling fashion and store stock Closeouts Retail Arbitrage early days of eBay and then when I was 18 years old. Matt: [11:33] Applesauce back and everything yeah I’m the Costco dead. Matt: [2:05] No not at all actually spent six months in in college dropped out was one of the original I started selling on eBay 1999.