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Pricing

Location, Location, Location

Charity retail location – it all used to be so simple! Find a unit, ensure it had good customer flow, make sure parking was nearby to assist donations and if you could do all of that with reasonably low rents
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Pricing

Current Rag Prices Being Offered

August 2024:  The textile recycling market is having a very challenging time and therefor the prices being offered to charities have fallen considerably.  In a fragile market its important to use a textile recycler who will be able to collect
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Pricing

Brand Directory – Eliminate The Guesswork

“How much shall I put on this?” It’s a question heard in every charity retail shop around the Country at one time or another. The battle to strike the perfect balance between selling greater volumes and generating maximum profit on
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Health Check

Charity Retail – Are you Fit for the Future

Within retail like most industries history has taught us, or it should have after every financial shock or realignment you need to reflect and analyse every aspect of your business. Covid 19 has caused the biggest financial shock in a
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COVID-19

Managing Donations

Throughout the Charity sector discussions on the expected levels of donations being offered following the lockdown period has been a concern for many. The population have been asked to stay at home and during this time will have been tidying
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COVID 19 Update

When Charity shops reopen in June is your donation strategy good enough? All charities should be planning their donation strategy because as soon as charity shops reopen the donation flow is going to be vastly different to anything experienced within
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Selling Online

Selling Online

With the growth of online changing consumer shopping habits in the UK, and it was around 20% of retail sales prior to covid 19 it is little wonder that most charity retailers have an online operation already. While the lockdown
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Pricing

The price is right or is it?

If you work in a Charity retail business how often have you heard someone say, ‘how much do you think I should put on this’. If you’re a charity shop customer how often have you said even to yourself ‘that’s
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