Can’t consign it? Can’t sell it? Maybe you should BUY it from them.

April 10, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

You’re offered tons of stuff, especially now with spring-cleaning season upon us, that you just don’t have a customer for in your shop, right?

Oh. Wait. Maybe YOU should buy it.

Here’s some things that could be very useful to have around the shop.

A paper-towel holder could be a good bangle-bracelet display piece.

Holiday card holders can become a collage of designer ad magazine clippings

A surplus sleeper becomes a word-of-mouth-worthy OPEN sign.

A mini fake topiary can be a spring-fresh hat stand.

Buy up LPs for pennies. Do a window display about how your fashions are "long-playing"...and break some sales records 🙂

Lose the wood platter, use the dome to spotlight something especially wonderful in your show case.

Boy, we resalers are recyclers to the Nth degree, aren’t we?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged accessories, display, home decor | 8 Comments

8 Responses

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on April 11, 2010 at 10:27 am Patty

These are fun. My very favorite part of making displays is thinking of off-the-wall uses for everyday items. Thanks for the ideas, Kate.
on April 11, 2010 at 12:17 am Emilie

I’m gonna steal the onesie idea.. I was trying to find a cute idea for my open sign ! Thank you
- on April 11, 2010 at 8:44 am Auntie Kate
  
  Hi Emilie…That’s not called “stealing”…it’s called being inspired! :)…(unless you put a Coach or Gucci tag on it of course.[sick joke]) Glad the TGtbT Family of Resale Sites is useful, and hope that sometime soon you’ll add your shop’s info to our consumer-oriented site, HowToConsign.com, to help shoppers find you! Every mention on the web of your shop improves your search engine ranking.
on April 10, 2010 at 10:10 pm Molly Boyles

LOVE THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again Kate!
Molly
on April 10, 2010 at 7:35 pm MrsWig

Great ideas Kate…thank you for inspiring us! Michelle

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