Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

What were previously unwanted and undesirable items dumped at a thrift store have become valued as pre-loved items, full of potential for their next owner. Their growing popularity has seen the big retailers getting in on the act.

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I Vend

APRIL 22, 2024

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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I Vend

MAY 18, 2021

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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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Harvard consumer researcher Professor Susan Fournier would say that our brands are akin to our best friends, acquaintances, lovers, and dalliances. I’m being increasingly guided by socials, following influencers, and I am also being influenced by other consumers online, whom I perceive to be ‘just like me’. We like familiarity.

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