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GoodCarts and Operation HOPE Partnership Featured by Essence

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GoodCarts is so honored that Essence featured our partnership with Operation HOPE, 1MBB (One Million Black Businesses) and Shopify!! Check us out on Essence here.

Operation HOPE and Shopify Team with GoodCarts to Empower One Million Black Businesses in Ecommerce Arena

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Creating opportunities for Black-owned e-commerce businesses to grow together, win together Minneapolis, MN, (August 18, 2022) – Minneapolis-based GoodCarts is proud to partner with 1 Million Black Businesses (1MBB), powered by Operation HOPE and Shopify, working to bring a wave of

GoodCarts featured in the Star Tribune

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GoodCarts is proud to be featured in our hometown newspaper -- the Star Tribune. The article covers the work of GoodCarts founder Chris Dykstra and his WareCorp organization with a heavy emphasis on the GoodCarts app! Check it out here.

GoodCarts Featured on Shopify Partners Blog

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GoodCarts is incredibly honored to have our work featured in the Shopify Partners blog! The article -- Building a Shopify App That Makes a Positive Difference in the World (And Makes a Profit) -- was written by CEO Steven Clift

GoodCarts in FORBES!!

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Afdhel Aziz of Good is the New Cool recently interviewed GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift for Forbes! Check out the wide-ranging Q&A here.

GoodCarts CEO Interviewed by Mindful Commerce

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Krissie Leyland of Mindful Commerce recently did a Q&A with GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift! From history and big milestones to making the world a better place, they covered it all. Check out the interview here.

GoodCarts at the Ecommerce Tech "Future of Ecommerce Global 2021"

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GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift is honored to be one of 18 experts presenting at the Ecommerce Tech "Future of Ecommerce Global 2021" conference. This virtual conference takes place August 25 and 26, 2021 and you can catch Steven's fast paced

Celebrating 100 Inspiring Social Impact Stories With 100 Stores

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The GoodCarts shop-for-good network has grown 500% in the last year, with the most recent milestone at 100 stores. Here’s why FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis, MN, August 17, 2021 – “I never set out to create a company. I set out

Social Venture Circle Featured GoodCarts

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GoodCarts CEO, Steven Clift, shared the top 10 best resources for impact entrepreneurs and investors with our allies at Social Venture Circle. From a guide to ecommerce podcasts to help you grow your business to a whole suite of information

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Many small- to medium-sized impact retailers are looking for outside-of-the-box ways to get in front of like-minded consumers. Advertising has mixed effectiveness, but it also can be out of budget. So GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift shared some advice with our

Gen Z Entrepreneurs Meet the Next Generation of Impact Investors In an Online Event With GoodCarts

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Watch Now - Gen Z Retail Meetup Signup The most inspiring thing about leading GoodCarts is meeting the amazing founders of our member stores and hearing their origin stories. While our founders are of all ages, I find the Gen Z

GoodCarts Makes the 2020 Impact List

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GoodCarts is honored to have made the 2020 Impact List, compiled by Social Enterprise MSP and powered by The Bush Foundation. GoodCarts and other honorees will be highlighted during the Social Enterprise Impact Showcase on May 6, 2021 during a

GoodCarts Featured on CauseArtist’s “Disruptors for Good” Podcast

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When Grant Trahant, founder of CauseArtist, reaches out to interview you for the outstanding “Disrupters for Good” podcast, you say yes! GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift is thrilled to have been a guest on this episode that covers everything from his background

GoodCarts Offers Mission-Driven Retailers a Platform to Help Succeed and Grow

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The company GoodCarts launches a “Shop for Good” Community and Attract 10,000 Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurs To Use Commerce to Create Change MINNEAPOLIS, December 14, 2020 – GoodCarts, a platform supporting social impact ecommerce brands, recently launched as a way to connect tens

Rewards For Conscious Consumers

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GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift was interviewed by OurGoodBrands about our mission. Here are some excerpts. What is GoodCarts? GoodCarts is a new way for ethical and sustainable brands to gain new customers online. It’s like a digital version of coupons on the

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A Network Of Socially Conscious Businesses

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GoodCarts CEO Steve Clift was featured in this Forbes article by Devin Thorpe. Clift talks about his mission with socially conscious businesses: Ashoka Fellow Steve Clift leads a new social enterprise to link sustainable and socially good companies post-checkout. When customers

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Getting on Retail Shelves: How CPG Brands Can Build DTC Online Sales for Visibility

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Every brand wants more sales — it’s the gateway to more revenue, and it can open other doors too. It shows retail stores that your product is in demand, which can lead to them paying a premium to get your

How to Stand Out on Shopify in a Sea of Competitors

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Does your brand do things differently? Then it's your time to shine on Shopify… At over a million merchants and counting, it can feel as though everyone has a Shopify store. How can you stand out in a sea of competition? In

SUCCESS STORY: Nepal Tea Collective

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Nepal Tea Collective is a social enterprise that distributes the freshest teas around the world through a tech-enabled transparent tea trade connecting primary producers to end consumers. To founder Nishchal (Nish) Banskota, tea is more than just a beverage –

Operation HOPE, 1MBB and GoodCarts -- Together for Good

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With a degree in textile science, fashion merchandising and product development, Megan Graham worked her way up the creative strategy ladder into the world of fashion (at Vogue) and international travel (at Conde Nast). In 2020, inspired by her travel experiences,

Accelerators, Incubators and Competitions - Oh My! Programs and Opportunities for Purpose-Driven DTC Brands

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Looking for a way to get ahead? Aspiring Direct-To-Consumer brands looking for assistance as they establish their businesses need to leverage every advantage they can to get ahead. As a sustainable, ethical or mission-led business, one such advantage is your access

Happier Holidays: How to Get Your Product Featured in Popular Gift Guides

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Want to get included in holiday gift guides? We’ve got it all wrapped up… The holidays! A time for fun, family and – if you’re an ecommerce merchant – a considerable amount of stress. With so much business up for grabs during the

The Top Business E-newsletters You Should be Reading, but Probably Haven’t Heard of

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E-newsletters have been around for decades (literally – the first e-newsletter was sent in 1977 on Arpanet). Today, there are millions of email newsletters to be found covering everything from general topics to extremely niche information, with lots of sales

17 Ecommerce Resources for Small Businesses

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Navigate the murky waters of growing a successful ecommerce brand with these handy, low-cost resources Running an ecommerce business involves a lot of moving parts: Create a brand, pick your products, write compelling descriptions, set up your online store – and

Think Inside of The Box: Tips for Getting Your Product Included In a Subscription Box

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Imagine your products being unboxed! Get it? Like a subscription box? Subscription boxes are top of mind for many working in ethical ecommerce right now. After this popular sales format saw astronomical growth over the past few years (fueled by the

What We Learned During Our Brand Storytelling With Purpose Event

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Recently, we hosted an event featuring Gage Mitchell – founder and CEO of Modern Species and host of the Evolve CPG podcast – sharing his incredible advice about how brands with a purpose can best communicate their stories to help

Where Does Re-use Fit into Your Sustainable Packaging Plan?

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Keep customers (and the planet) happy with a sustainable packaging plan. Here’s how other brands are getting it right Around the world, at least 40 percent of the plastic produced is single-use packaging. Packaging like this has a negative impact on the

Ecommerce Platforms – Up Your ESG and CSR Game!

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Our plea to the platforms… In more ways than one, this isn’t the article we wanted to write. We originally set out to produce a piece highlighting the good works ecommerce platforms are doing in the areas of sustainability, corporate social responsibility

ROAS Getting You Down? Try These Shopify Ecommerce Ad Targeting Apps

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Achieving a good ROAS is becoming trickier than ever – these Shopify apps make it easy to reach the right people at the right time Ad costs are higher than ever, but targeting is getting less and less focused. As a

What We Learned During Our Economic Empowerment and Ecommerce Event

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Recently, we co-hosted an event featuring an inspiring panel sharing their deep knowledge and action-oriented ideas on how BIPOC-owned businesses can utilize ecommerce as a tool for economic empowerment. The event was also co-hosted by our friends at the American

The Rise of BIPOC-owned Ecommerce Businesses

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BIPOC-owned businesses in the ecommerce sector: Brilliance and opportunity, in the face of an uphill struggle. To the untrained eye, the world of ecommerce can seem like a sector in which anyone can get onboard and get ahead. But from big brands

Digital Coupons 101: How to Design and Distribute Successful Online Discounts

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Click and save! Digital coupons are here to stay… As an ambitious ecommerce retailer, you’re always looking for ways to drive new business and increase sales. And as a mission-led business, chances are you want to do this in an ethical,

What We Learned During Our Wholesale For Good Event

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Recently, we hosted an amazing panel of GoodCarts member stores sharing their actionable insights into how to get started with sustainable, ethical wholesale. The event featured Nicolette Dewberry from Darzah, Dr. Janette Habashi of Zeki Learning, Carla Scholz of Soak

How to do Wholesale More Sustainably

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Wholesale is a hot topic for ecommerce retailers, but sustainability is also high on consumers’ lists desirable traits for retailers. When you have an ecommerce store embracing sustainability and having a positive social impact, how can you incorporate wholesale into

The Guide to Shopify for Nonprofits, Charities and Social Enterprises

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If you’re a nonprofit social enterprise generating revenue (and building your profile) through the sales of products or services, chances are you have considered Shopify as a platform. You’d be in excellent company. From conservation giants WWF to WaterAid and

Cause Marketing and the Cause-Centered Ecommerce Evolution

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Recently, our friends at Ecommerce Tech hosted an incredible Future of Ecommerce event and we were so honored that GoodCarts CEO Steven Clift and GoodCarts member MPOWERD were featured during the Cause-Centered Ecommerce Evolution session. You can check out the

Why Haven’t You Heard of These Sustainable DTC Brands?

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Direct To Consumer (DTC) is expected to skyrocket over the coming years – these ethical brands are already making it look easy! One of the great things about running an ethical, mission-led DTC business is the chance to be inspired by

Top 9 In-Depth Ecommerce Reports for 2022

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These ecommerce reports predict what’s in store for the industry over the next year The COVID--19 pandemic and ensuing stay-at-home orders accelerated ecommerce growth by four to six years according to some ecommerce reports. No one could have predicted what happened,

How to Launch a Career in Sustainable Retail and Ecommerce Services

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Sustainable retail is truly coming of age. With countless inspiring founder’s stories hitting the media, and a huge influx of aspirational, mission-led brands entering our general commercial consciousness, many young professionals are looking for ways to get on board with

Celebrities Making Change With Their Impact Investments in Sustainable Brands

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How 10 celebrities are investing their money into sustainable ecommerce brands and other impact investments. Impact investing surged during the pandemic as people became more aware of climate change and social challenges. The rise in interest for communities and the planet

Turning First-Time Ecommerce Holiday Shoppers into Year-Round Customers

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After the most wonderful time of the year, keep holiday shoppers coming back for more. The last quarter of the year typically represents retailers' most profitable period. With holiday spending and sales season combining to drive traffic, many stores see a

Gen Z: A New Generation of Retail Entrepreneurs Ripping Up the Rule Book

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Gen Z, the stage is yours... It’s an exciting time to be working in ethical and sustainable retail. A new generation of makers, entrepreneurs and values-driven visionaries are coming of age and making real waves within the world of ecommerce. Gen

Six Free Ecommerce Marketing Tools to Drive Sales

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The best things in life are free... Especially when it comes to ecommerce marketing Promotion is a constant balancing act. Marketing is essential, but budgets are often limited — what’s an ecommerce retailer to do? In this article, we’ll provide a

Why the Shopify Platform is Beneficial for Shop-For-Good Brands

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Behind every strong, sustainable brand? Strong, sustainable foundations... How is the Shopify platform helping these brands? When starting an online retail business, foundations are everything. Re-platforming is an arduous and often expensive process that most brands will avoid unless absolutely necessary.

Email and SMS Strategy: 5 Tips for Sustainable Growth

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If you’re looking to grow your business, increase your bottom line, develop a deeper relationship with your customers, and build your brand, few things work better — and for longer — than having a strong email and SMS (text message

Beyond About: What Your Sustainability or Social Impact Page Should Look Like

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Go beyond a traditional About page and highlight the sustainability and social impact causes you’re proud to support Ecommerce brands often have admirable missions and goals, but it can be difficult to illustrate these on a website. The typical “About” page setup

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