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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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Inflation’s Impact on Back-to-School Shopping

Independent Retailer

inflation being the highest it has been in four decades, consumers are looking for ways to cut costs — especially when it comes to back-to-school shopping. Nearly half (40%) of consumers expect to spend less on back-to-school items this year than they did last year, with the largest segment of shoppers (39%) planning to spend under $100.

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36 Shop Business Ideas

Small Biz Trends

These stores sell food, treats, and care items. READ MORE: How to Open a Retail Store. Organic Food Store. Today’s consumers are always looking for healthy food options. This type of grocery store focuses specifically on natural food grown without chemicals. Grocery Stores. Hardware Store.

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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.

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Don’t Shop Around on Sustainability: Carbon Labels Deliver the Goods

Retail TouchPoints

One of the best resolutions brands can make — at new year’s or any time — is to be more cognizant and responsive to shifting trends in consumer priorities. Awareness of the global climate crisis has reached critical mass, particularly among younger generations, and that has made consumers more environmentally conscious.

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

Retail Geek

For retail versus direct to Consumer and so when I got there or there was a there was a. [7:43] 7:43] 100 million Consolidated direct-to-consumer business which was split between catalog and e-commerce, but it was nascent it was not a strategic focus and then you know the founder of their dick ain’t really had.