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Step inside the UK’s first department store for secondhand clothes

Inside Retail

And with pre-loved fashion experiencing monumental growth, traditional retailers such as charity and thrift stores have had to consider how they stay relevant. Many shopping precincts were left with empty stores due to swift lockdowns and it’s been a slow return to bricks-and-mortar for brands.

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

Retail TouchPoints

It’s an important secondary market for returned goods, helping retailers reduce waste and recover cost, especially as returns increase in step with ecommerce growth. Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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Game on: How H&M is bringing fast fashion to the metaverse

Inside Retail

These are some common factors that motivate players to continuously return to achieve milestones. Currently, disposing of unwanted clothing items means many pieces end up in local landfills, thrift stores or shipped to developing countries. In an effort to connect with a portion of an estimated user base of 58.8

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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. The OG Advantage.

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Tommy Hilfiger gets thrifty with ThredUp

Inside Retail

The rest can be returned to the sender or recycled responsibly. But, after 10 or 15 years, we can be inspired by Marie Kondo to reorganise our lives and that custom-made item gets sent to the thrift store – because in our minds it’s too good to throw away.

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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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How to Make Money on Poshmark

Small Biz Trends

Set up your profile, including adding a photo of yourself, return address for shipping labels and bank information, and any other additional information. Source your inventory cheaply from thrift stores and wholesalers. However, selling clothes on Poshmark becomes easier with some time and dedication.