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Resalers: Shop your peers for store fixtures

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 18, 2014| 3 Comments »

Need a specialty fixture for your consignment, resale or thrift? Visit your local home decor/ furniture resalers first.

Not only will you find unique shop fittings, but you’ll be supporting your peers, recycling, and making a unique statement!

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Catch their eye with a monotone window display!

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on February 16, 2014|

Love this simple and spare window display, and love the giant (more…)

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Tracking These 6 Metrics Could Boost Your Sales

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 13, 2014|

Do you know your vital retail metrics? asks TGtbT.comDo you have, at your fingertips, the answers to some simple “how many? how much?” questions?

I’ve found that many consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers don’t. Well, most know the answer to #1… but (more…)

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Unsaleables can mean Bigger Profits for Consignment, Resale & Thrift Shops

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 11, 2014| 2 Comments »

There’s profit sitting in your consignment, resale or thrift shop right now… in the most unlikely form. Unsaleable, unsold, even discarded items can make the merchandise you DO sell look so much better, that your profits can soar!

Use… and reuse, to increase the perceived value of your goods

For-sale, unsold, even unsaleable books make great risers in vignettes, displays and swing-shop tabletops. By varying heights and putting goods on a “pedestal”, you show that a simple statuette or vase could look wonderful in their decor. Same idea: costume jewelry as brooch on cocktail dress or clutch bag, silk flower pinned on straw hat.

Use unsold or for-sale books in your consignment shop as props and risers(Photo courtesy of Ciao!)

How this works: Show merchandise in the context of customers’ dream lives to build its value to them. Tuck some flip flops and a pair of sunglasses into a straw beach bag, fill a playpen with stuffed toys, loop a bandanna in the strap of a coverall.

Use… and reuse, to increase sales

For-sale, or even not-good-enough-to-resell, tables, lamps, baskets and trays gather and present goods, leading to sales of items which might look forlorn on their own. Here’s an example:

Merchandising a recycled batch of home decor by TGtbT.com

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How this works: Props take a mundane resale shop into the realm of treasure chest.

Use… and reuse, to build multiple sales

Pile on not only your current merchandise, but even, perhaps, “saved” goods which didn’t sell before. For example, this great belt display on a mannequin needs LOTS of belts… the first layer of which could be some saved, not-so-great belts:

A wire sewing frame becomes a belt display

Click for more recycling = profit ideas

How this works: Showing a multitude of belts (or beads or candlesticks) all in one place makes your browsers crave more than one!

What are some ways you have used unsold or unsaleable goods to build your shop’s profits? Share with us in the comments!

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Is that graphic you want to use… legal?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2014| 1 Comment »

Woman thinkingYou’re creating a page on your consignment shop web site. Or adding a graphic to a Facebook post, or trying to illustrate a blog entry.

Where do you get an image that will motivate your viewers to read… and more importantly (since everyone can copy-&-paste just about anything)

when is it legal

to use? Here’s (more…)

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