Archive for January, 2013
How does your consignment or resale shop compare?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business on January 10, 2013| 8 Comments »
Ever have one of those days?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged resale shopkeeping, small business on January 7, 2013|
Ever have one of those days?
Of course you have. Maybe even several a month.
What you really need is (more…)
On the 12th Day of Christmas: Don’t pack them away!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged display on January 6, 2013|
It’s traditional to take down Christmas decorations on Twelfth Day, which is today.
But don’t pack away those twinkle lights! Look at everything you can do with them, year ’round, in your consignment, resale or thrift shop.
We’re talkin’ swing shop. Or exceptionally pretty, feminine merchandise on a round table. Imagine this table piled high with Valentine’s Day goods!
Do you have a “dead” corner or room or shelving unit? Bring it alive by sprinkling twinkle lights towards the back of your for-sale merchandise:
Sure, you could simply outline your display windows with twinkle lights, but wouldn’t THIS be so much more WOM-worthy?
If you’re like me, you have SCADS of light strings, and you love Mason jars. I love this idea…
electric fireflies!
And finally, you don’t have to have palm trees to wrap tree trunks in twinkle lights… if you’re lucky enough to have trees around your shop!
How have YOU used twinkle lights in your shop? Any ideas to add?
Do you LOOK for questions to answer?
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, small business, web on January 5, 2013| 8 Comments »
Do you look for
questions to answer,
potential consignors to motivate,
future markets to develop for your consignment, resale or thrift shop?
One way is to be sure that (more…)
Happy Birthday, Ben. Gimme a Franklin.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged promotions, resale shopkeeping on January 4, 2013| 1 Comment »
January 17 is the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, one of our Founding Fathers… and the gentleman who has his portrait on the US $100 bill.
Maybe you’d like to speed up the pace of selling in January… maybe you could do a
Gimme a Franklin & we’ll give you a Jackson
promotion. Of course, you’d have to explain that if they spend $100, you’ll give them $20 off. Or even, a real $20 bill. Or maybe a “$20 off anything” coupon good in February?
Benjamin Franklin, of course, is the person credited with some of our favorite thrifty quotes:
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.*
* That last quote is one to keep in mind when you encounter reluctant consignors or sellers. 😉
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