Company: SVV
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001883313-25-000013
Chunk: 16

Company: Savers Value Village, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 16
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 collect and deliver the items on behalf of our NPPs.

•Donation drives: Donation drives operate within our FUNDrive® program and include smaller, local non-profits such as schools, sports teams, community groups and other charitable organizations. These drives are one-time and event-based, with contractual agreements based on each distinct donation drive itself.

•Third-party credential: Third-party credential goods are purchased in small amounts on an as-needed basis from regional for-profit collectors, generally consisting of bin operators and other for-profit resellers.

We leverage an analytical platform to measure the sales yield and product margin of each stream of supply in our stores. In general, this tool is either used to periodically confirm the performance of an existing stream of supply or to evaluate the performance of a new source of supply.

Our business model is predicated on sourcing and selling quality secondhand items to our customers in local communities. We are able to meet our customer demand given our deep relationships with an extensive network of NPPs that is unmatched in the thrift industry. 

Processing

 The majority of our retail stores have a dedicated space that handles the processing of soft and hard goods that provide the inventory to be sold on our retail sales floors. In fiscal year 2024, we processed 1.0 billion pounds of secondhand goods. We are actively implementing our offsite processing strategy which allows us to process goods at larger-scale facilities and distribute goods to multiple stores in a local market. The processing of donations under this strategy can occur at offsite warehouse facilities, stores with surplus processing capacity or at CPCs. The CPC system is an offsite, semi-automated processing facility that mechanizes the flow of clothing, accessories and shoes through an integrated series of conveyor belts, robotics, sensors, and other technology. We have prioritized offsite processing capacity toward new store growth that would not be feasible without offsite processing. In addition, we continue to deploy Automated Book Processing (“ABP”) systems at our offsite processing facilities and in stores. The ABP system is an integrated set of technologies that efficiently identify, price and sort books based on their critical attributes (e.g., genre, author, market price). The system design consists of high-speed conveyors, optic recognition, robot tagging and an automated book distribution system, all working in concert to increase throughput eightfold over our traditional, manual process. 

These offsite processing capabilities widen our competitive and operational advantage, and we plan to continue expanding the use of such technologies across new and existing markets. As of December