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We opened Thrift for Good® in October of 2020, with the idea that we could make a significant impact on a very important but very broken industry: used goods.
Local charities benefit from sale of used goods without the hassle of managing their own thrift store. The public response has been overwhelmingly positive; we now limit donations to 4 days per week.
Thrift for Good is the only thrift store in the country that lets donors choose which charity benefits from their donation.
Our quality control experts have documented over 500,000 unique items, each associated with the charity of donor's choice.
Higher end items are identified and sold online or in specialty markets.
We do not "dump" into foreign markets. Things that are not trash but do not have monetary value are given to our affiliated charity for sorting and donation to other charities
We want to create supply chains where none have existed before.
In our Hurst facility, 10000 sq ft of our 14000 sq ft is dedicated to processing donations. This allows us to create marketable volumes of similar items - almost 1000 different item categories.
This helps solve the biggest problem with Thrift stores - being disorganized and having an unpredictable variation in merchandise volume and quality.
We supply tailored merchandise sets to our stores and others on a just-in-time basis.
We anticipate that our facility in Hurst will be able to process enough product to supply three large thrift stores and five specialty shops.
Our model will create stores in places where they’re most needed, and not just in places where donors live. We also look forward to reciprocity of demand between different donation collection locations – what is rare in one community may be plentiful in another.
Our model will also create (and stabilize) specialty stores like plus size, vintage, or high-end boutiques. Owners of these stores say they spend up to 30 hours each week sourcing goods to sell. Instead, they can buy from us at conventional retail margins.
Available software like inventory, e-commerce and point-of-sale systems are not made for used goods. So, used good industry mostly works on pen & paper without meaningful data.
We are building our own integrated software that lets us manage our inventory, automate pricing and facilitate turn over during seasons.
Soon, you will be able to shop our inventory online.
Company founders Jen Cooper and Taylor Watts identify a market inefficiency in the used goods industry and begin the business planning process.
The company founders develop their one-of-a-kind donor’s choice concept and charity model.
Thrift for Good acquired and began renovating a huge property in Hurst with 3,500 sq ft of retail area and 9,500 sq ft of warehouse space.
Our founder Jen hand-delivered the order in Kauai, HI.
Thrift for Good acquired its second location, previously Al's furniture, with 8,000 sq ft of space.
Purchases made by Amy & Robbie, co-owners of ‘Unusual Retail’ in Dallas, Texas.
We want to create an industry-wide impact.
We prevent landfill, reduce sweatshop labor while providing affordable goods to people.
Join us in impacting the planet the right way.