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THE RISE OF CHARITY RETAIL DIFFERENTIATION

Customer shopping trends are still evolving with the buying preloved goods becoming increasingly popular for range of reasons including the growing cost of buying new, and the increasing desire to help the planet.  These changes have boosted sales and grown
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RETAIL LEADERSHIP

Good leadership is criticially important for the long-term success of all businesses and retail is no exception. One of the main challenges for charities with a retail business is that retail is not their area of expertise.  This makes charities
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HOW TO MEASURE YOUR RETAIL PERFORMANCE?

There are a range of different measurements of charity retail performance, but which is the best? Profit vs Budget For many charities this is the ultimate financial measure, but it is totally dependent on the quality of the budget, and
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CHARITY RETAIL SALES TRACKER

CHARITY RETAIL SALES TRACKER  Are you outperforming the market?  Charity retail sales are booming. The average performance over the past 12 months is 13.2% year on year sales improvement. Apr-23 15.9% Mar-23 14.4% Feb-23 16.8% Jan-23 14.8% Dec-22 17.9% Nov-22
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Strategy

RETAIL PROPERTY INSIGHT

Retail Property insight Charities come in all shapes and sizes; each have their own different property needs but satisfying their own property requirements is not easy. Background Today many charities are currently looking to expand their retail estate or change
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THE FUTURE OF CHARITY RETAIL

Background There has been so much change within retail since 2000, with a considerable number of mainstream retailers that have closed. Most people can remember Woolworths, Debenhams, BHS, Austin Reed, Blockbuster, and there are so many more. There was a
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CHARITY RETAIL STRATEGY INSIGHT

Many charities are considering updating or having a retail strategy for good reason.  Retail is going through its biggest change in history driven by the growth of online shopping and changing consumer shopping habits and its now highly influenced by
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Is training strategic or operational?

Is training strategic or operational? Many people don’t consider charity retail training as strategic; it tends to be grouped within the category of legal compliance or operational necessity.  However, developing people within charity retail can be highly strategic because if
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Charity Retail predictions 2023

Charity Retail predictions 2023 What are the key predictions for charity retail in 2023?   Background We are living in a very traumatic period with high inflation, a war in Europe, increasing interest rates, massive hikes in the cost of
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