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

Retail TouchPoints

As retailers have struggled to navigate changes in consumer behavior and economic uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, one area has seen continued growth: recommerce. Recommerce checks many boxes for both consumers and businesses. Why the strong growth, particularly during a time of economic upheaval?

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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. This in-game action is a subtle reference to the environmental impact of textile waste globally and to change consumer behaviour, we need to learn new habits. 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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Step inside the UK’s first department store for secondhand clothes

Inside Retail

The pre-loved clothing market has exploded in the last five years, and as physical retail gains momentum after the pandemic, consumers are seeking to buy from responsible retailers with purpose-led values. 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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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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Retail Management Software – The Complete Guide for 2025

I Vend

Omnichannel Integration Your customers no longer differentiate between shopping online and in-store and often want to use a blend of channels within the one transaction such as ordering online and collecting in the store (click and collect), buying online and returning in the store (BORIS) or ordering in-store for home delivery.

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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.