Jan 01 2023

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 done correctly it brings considerable long-term benefits.  Unlike shop managers within mainstream retailers, charity shop[…]

Read More
Jan 24 2022

The Retail Strategy 2022 Checklist

After the strains of 2020 and 2021 most people are looking forward hopefully to some normality in 2022 but the landscape will inevitably be quite different to life before 2020. Our blog ‘The perfect storm’ sets out clearly the reasons why the economic landscape is changing. Most Charity Retailers have updated their retail strategies since[…]

Read More