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GoodwillFinds Wins Convert Award for Innovation in Ecommerce

Recommerce helps Goodwill Deepen its local community impact.

Wilmington, DE. – June 12, 2023 – When GoodwillFinds launched, the mission was driven by a desire to build a legacy of strengthening communities through the power of work.

As an ecommerce platform, shoppers on GoodwillFinds.com can browse a curated selection of hundreds of thousands of unique items, showcasing a wide variety of secondhand women's & men's clothing, books, specialty and collector’s items, home decor and more. Net proceeds from purchases will flow directly back to the region the item was sourced from, deepening the rich social service programs the organization provides to local neighborhoods across the country.

Retail is an industry that’s forever bursting with new creative ideas, technology solutions and evolving experiences. Our industry has a shared mission of making shopping (and everything that happens behind the scenes) better. And GoodwillFinds has been working to celebrate the power of transformative impact on the retail landscape.

The Convrt® Awards is a new independent international award specifically celebrating innovation at every level of retail from Store Design to Product Packaging, Interactive Experiences to Inventory, Ecommerce tools to the exploding world of AI.

As a winner of a Convrt Award for Ecommerce Innovation, GoodwillFinds is honored to be recognized as a team that is playing their part in creating forward motion in retail through creative ideas and innovation. Retail Reflections Founder, Andrew Busby, commented on the GoodwillFinds application, "This is a movement and I think it’s great. Helping local communities AND supporting sustainability has to be applauded.”

On June 12th, 2023 the Winners and Finalists were announced. 2023 was the first year of the competition.

To learn more about the Convrt Awards and to view the list of Winners and Finalists, click here.

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ABOUT GOODWILLFINDS

GoodwillFinds eCommerce, Inc. is a social enterprise comprising a re-commerce technology platform and second-hand marketplace under license from Goodwill Industries International, Inc. Proceeds from sales on GoodwillFinds directly benefit the communities from which the items were initially sourced, fueling local programs for workforce development and job training. The ecommerce platform is designed to modernize the resale shopping experience, providing personalization and thoughtful recommendations, while furthering Goodwill’s initiative to empower individuals with disabilities and other barriers to gain independence through the power of work. GoodwillFinds is also good for the planet, powering the circular economy by keeping billions of pounds of goods in use, offering consumers a sustainable way to shop nationwide. GoodwillFinds is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, registered in the US under EIN: 87-1302020.