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

Retail TouchPoints

ThredUP, an online consignment and thrift store that sells secondhand clothes, makes sustainability a part of its brand values. Retailers that provide this information will also benefit from the ability to analyze the changing patterns of their customers’ shopping behaviors.

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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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Secondhand Grew 15X Faster than New Apparel Sales in 2023, but ThredUp CEO Still Sees Ample ‘White Space’

Retail TouchPoints

With more than half of all consumers shopping for secondhand apparel last year, it’s evident that resale is now firmly embedded in the fashion landscape ,” said Neil Saunders, Managing Director at GlobalData , which conducted the research for the report, in a statement. In the U.S.

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36 Shop Business Ideas

Small Biz Trends

Retail shop businesses can include any local facility where goods and/or services are sold. What Is a Retail Shop Business? A retail shop is any store or business that sells goods and/or services. Why You Should Consider Opening a Retail Shop. Top 16 Shop Options. Flower Shop. Coffee Shop.

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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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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. Other shoppers are using coupons and rewards apps more (64%), making fewer shopping trips (47%), and using buy now, pay later more than usual (9%). Safety Precautions Remain.

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All treats, no tricks: US retailers prepare for biggest ‘spooky season’ yet

Inside Retail

Consumers are more scared of treats than tricks A report conducted by consumer behavior analytics company PowerReviews found that 73 per cent of consumers surveyed said that their Halloween shopping will be impacted by financial constraints, like inflation. Will consumers be in the Halloween shopping spirit this year?