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Herding Cats

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 24, 2008| 1 Comment »

I am sure that many many people have tried to get 11 women ready to go to dinner ALL AT THE SAME TIME…but has anyone ever succeeded…without at least one of those women wearing a fluffy pink hat?

I doubt it. Yet here (more…)

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Bird brains? Not at all!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 23, 2008|

Well, it’s Wednesday and it’s really HARD not to get totally talked out before Kim, Marriette, Tanya, Tracyk, and Julie arrive… but we’re keeping up our spirits here in Flamingoville, Home of the Non-Native species Consignment and Resale Shopkeepers!

We passed around (more…)

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The Flamingo Has Landed

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 22, 2008| 2 Comments »

So Cathy was there all the time, and her great husband Ted, who was just checkin’ out the crowd before he went to visit relatives for the duration.

The Flamingoville mailbox, a gift to TGtbT from some Sharers who had gathered at the NARTS Conference in June, is in place by the pool. He/she (we haven’t decided and the Flamingo ain’t tellin’) is flanked, here, by Carolyn and Cathy as we await the arrival of more resalers (and as we try out the tiki bar, just to make sure it works.)

The Tiki bar was pressed into service as a consignment intake desk, as we role-played (more…)

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Flamingoville gets off to a good start

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 21, 2008| 4 Comments »

Now, some of you who know Carolyn of Baja Rosi’s, know how friendly she is. Here she is, within 15 minutes of arriving in Sarasota, making sug-ah with the Old Man with the Alligator (pardon me, I missed getting the Full Reptile in the photo: the old man has (more…)

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An idea to adapt….

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on October 17, 2008| 7 Comments »

Interesting idea in an article I read recently, and one that could be a terrific way to promote a Green Christmas in your consignment or resale shop. The article starts “Why spend hundreds of dollars on new clothing when fun and fashionable threads are available for a fraction of the cost? Combat consumerism and imagine a more Earth-friendly wardrobe at this second-hand fashion show.”

It’s not so much the fashion show idea that intrigues me as it is (more…)

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