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Savers, Inc. headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a privately held for-profit thrift store chain offering second hand shopping. An international company, Savers has more than 315 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, and receives its merchandise by paying money to non-profit organizations for donated clothing and household items, and through direct donation by individuals. Savers is known as Value Village in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and most of Canada, and Village des Valeurs in Quebec. In Australia and other regions of the United States, the stores share the corporation's name. Berkshire Partners bought a 50% stake in the company in 2000.〔(Investor buys Value Village stake )〕 Freeman Spogli & Co. became the majority owner in 2006.〔(Freeman Spogli Spends $550 Million on Savers )〕 Leonard Green & Partners and TPG Capital bought out Freeman's shares in 2012.〔( Freeman Passes Savers Inc. On to TPG, Leonard Green in $1.6B-Plus Deal )〕 ==Business== The Savers' business model involves partnership with local non-profits and purchasing and reselling donated items. The non-profits collect and deliver donated goods to Savers, which pays them for the items at a bulk rate regardless of whether they ever make it to the sales floor. Savers has more than 160 non-profit partners throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, which it pays more than $117 million annually. As of 2012, the company had 315 stores worldwide and reached $1 billion in revenue. 〔"Thrift store wars heat up with new players in St. Louis market," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 9, 2013. ()〕 Items deemed resellable are displayed for purchase in stores. Savers also has a recycling program and attempts to recycle any reusable items that cannot be sold at the stores, as well as any items that do not sell over a period of time to make room for fresh merchandise. Savers has buyers for its recyclables throughout the world and attempts to keep as much donated product out of the waste stream as possible. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Savers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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