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Oct 09 2022

Future proofing your retail business

We are living in unprecedented challenging economic times with most of the economic pressure coming from external sources. The cost pressures for everyone and especially charities is considerable with most being very concerned if their unrestricted income from retail will be secure in the future. To future proof a charity retail business there are a[…]

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Barry Moles

Oct 09 2022

Retail

Reviewing your Retail Business

Charities should review their retail businesses every 5 years as best practice as the starting point for writing a retail strategy. This charity retail review can be carried out internally or by an external company, but if carried out internally we strongly recommend some external or independent verification by a charity retail expert, because the[…]

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Barry Moles

Oct 09 2022

Retail

Charity Retail future Second-hand clothing insight

Charity Retail future Second-hand clothing insight With second-hand clothing as the key category within charity retail shops, more are now being sold online. Recently there has been research which indicates that this key category is about to see considerable growth. There are a range of different predictions about the second-hand or resale clothing market, based[…]

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Barry Moles

Jan 24 2022

Retail

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[…]

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Barry Moles

Nov 17 2021

Retail

The 2022 Perfect Storm

Is your charity retail business resilient enough for what’s approaching? In early-November, I spoke at the Hospice UK National Conference and was fortunate enough to share many insightful conversations with CEOs and Finance Directors about the year they’ve had and their thoughts about 2022. The good news is that the sales figures achieved throughout charity[…]

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Charity Retail Ecommerce – The Glass Ceiling

Alan Whitby

Oct 18 2021

Retail

Charity Retail Ecommerce – The Glass Ceiling

The glass ceiling is a metaphor for the invisible barrier that prevents some people from rising to a higher level. The term is most often associated with the workplace and, more specifically, the career ladder. Crucially it refers to the impossibility for somebody to grow past a certain point despite absolutely no lack of skills,[…]

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Are Retail Vacancies Holding Your Charity Back?

Barry Moles

Sep 15 2021

Retail

Are Retail Vacancies Holding Your Charity Back?

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that the number of job vacancies rose by 290,000 between May and July from the previous three-month period, to 953,000. That’s the highest level since records were started. Whilst haulage and other driving vacancies seen to be getting a lot of the publicity, they are far from the[…]

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Barry Moles

Aug 24 2021

Retail

Charity Retail – The Superstore Race

The Olympics might be over but there is another race that’s starting to seriously heat up. It’s official – when it comes to Charity Retail, the ‘Superstore Race’ is in full swing! Everyone knows within real estate, business, commercial retail, and charity retail it is all about Location, Location, Location! But it used to be[…]

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Barry Moles

Apr 11 2021

Retail

Let’s Talk Data

Economic downturns and uncertainty can be a time of considerable concern that make businesses batten down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass. Only when clearer skies are forecasted would they attempt to change accordingly. However, the most successful businesses will, irrespective of any downturn or uncertainty, consistently look inwards and, where necessary,[…]

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Alan Whitby

Jan 31 2021

Retail

Charity Retail Strategies in 2021

There is renewed hope in the UK that the rollout of a vaccination will bring about an end to the covid-19 lockdowns and that life will begin to return to something approaching normal. But what will this mean for the world of charity retail, particularly when building a strategy to move the operation forwards into[…]

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