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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.

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‘OG’ Reseller Goodwill Wants a Piece of the Online Action

Retail TouchPoints

Goodwill is the OG of thrift stores,” said Matthew Kaness, a retail OG in his own right, who recently joined as CEO of GoodwillFinds.com. With the scale of the of the operation — $4 to $5 billion a year, mostly store-based — it feels like the giant has woken up and is now looking to take its rightful place.

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21 Rural Business Ideas

Small Biz Trends

You can tap into an untapped market. This could lead to high profits and strong word-of-mouth marketing. You can start a food business in the organic food delivery niche market. Customers in rural areas are looking for healthy and organic food options that a health food store may offer. Thrift Store Owner.

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35 Low Cost Retail Business Ideas

Small Biz Trends

Many stores are now online or even completely mobile. However, with the right retail business idea in the right market, any type of storefront can still succeed. But a retail store generally just sells products at a slight profit. So it’s easier to manage the basic planning. Thrift Store. Local Market.

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Inflation’s Impact on Back-to-School Shopping

Independent Retailer

75 percent of shoppers say their top priority is getting the best price, with 77 percent planning to utilize sales tax-free periods in their state. (70%) 70%) plan to spend less on non-essential purchases as well as hunt for deals and compare prices more than they typically would. Shoppers Head In-Store. by Shopkick.

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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.