Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 31, 2011| 3 Comments »
This idea is just too cute to keep to myself.Homemade flip-flop hangers using recycled wire hangers! (And they work on ballet flats too.)
See it all at epbot.com.
If you think the idea’s too cute to keep to yourself, and if it would cheer up those customers who think your shop’s pushing fall goods too soon, post the link on your shop blog. Or in your FB account at the very least. It’ll cheer them up.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 30, 2011| 1 Comment »
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, web on July 30, 2011|
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This weekend, a Weekend Warrior challenge to you. This article, which I’ve highlighted and notated specifically for resale shopkeepers, could (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged buy-outright, consignment, Thrift on July 29, 2011|
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Better get ready. The fall rush will be on you before you know it. And you’ll have to say no, as you know, quickly, kindly… and clearly.
Of course, as you sort through incoming, you “fill the cup” with the decisions shown here: First, it needs to be clean, then in the condition your customers demand, and so on up to the brim of suitability.
But that’s a lot of if-come-maybes for your suppliers to understand. So no sense trying to tell them all this. People understand best when given one single reason for your no.
Here’s my Big Three, used not only in the no-thank-you staement, but as easy-to-grasp parameters when you’re explaining what you take.
Easy to understand, say, remember. And these three points make saying no
Clean. Sadly, not as obvious to all as we resalers might wish.
Current of course covers in season and in style at the same time.
And “our customers won’t think this is cute“… is the best way I’ve ever figured to say NTY due to style, fashionabilty, or quality. As in, “cute” is what my CUSTOMERS decide not me, so the whole “our decisions must be based on what our customers will buy” is distilled into one word. Of course,
you might choose “classy” instead of “cute.” Or even cwality… oops, quality.
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Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged promotions, Twitter, web on July 29, 2011| 3 Comments »
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Tara, proprietor of Born Again, is having an interesting event in her shop next week (sorry, all the slots are taken!) for one hour only, a single hour after closing on the Friday before her big seasonal clearance bag sale.
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