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To Speed Expansion, Resale Marketplace GoodwillFinds adds Walmart, Office Depot Execs to C-Suite

Retail TouchPoints

GoodwillFinds — the new resale marketplace from nonprofit thrift store chain Goodwill — has added two retail veterans to its C-suite and onboarded three new Goodwill member organizations (representing more than 50 retail stores) to the platform. Genest previously held roles at Modcloth , Walmart U.S.

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Gen Z, in Their Own Words: What They Really Want from Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While some brands claim to completely understand what these consumers really want, there are many times when Gen Z shoppers’ thoughts and behaviors don’t quite match up. And at a time when knowing and resonating with your customer is the key to survival, retail brands are hoping to get further context.

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The rise and rise of the thrift retail store

I Vend

Walk down any high street and you’ll see evidence of one of the growing trends in retail – the rise of the thrift store. Read about how a leading US thrift store is embracing its growing popularity. All of which means that the thrift store has well and truly come into the retail mainstream.

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6 POS Software Performance Metric Thrift Stores Must Track

I Vend

Thrift shopping continues to grow in popularity, particularly with millennial and Gen Z shoppers. For retailers, thrift stores have become part of the ‘mainstream’, managed with many of the key disciplines of ‘regular’ retail. But thrift retail also has its own unique characteristics and store performance indicators.

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Category Insights Report: Dollar Stores Redefine Themselves with Enhanced Merchandising and Mobile Apps

Retail TouchPoints

Once largely associated with lower-income households, dollar stores are now becoming retail staples even for more affluent households, inspiring retailers in these categories to invest more heavily in marketing, merchandising and technology innovation that will help them differentiate. That all creates positive momentum for these retailers.”

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

A generation that sees shopping as binary: “I want brand X, therefore I need to shop at store Y”. The first generation to be born into ‘Internet of Things life’, Millennials are influenced by both those seated at the dinner table, and their peers on socials. Gen Z are the cool kids’ table down at the local café.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Matt was formerly on episode 79 , when he was CEO of Modcloth, which later sold to Walmart.