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Deja Vu: Investing your time in consignment goods.

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on September 3, 2013|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

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Oceans of incoming. If you buy outright, you may well spend some time and effort washing, steaming, fixing, to increase your profit margin (or not.)

If your shop is a non-profit that relies solely on donations, you may be blessed with volunteers who delight in prepping goods for the sales floor. Or not.

But the challenge is: Do you invest your time, overhead, attention to merchandise that’s been consigned with you? We posed this question (more…)

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Deja Vuesday: Quality Incoming = better sales.

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on April 16, 2013|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

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Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Are you targeting your marketing efforts properly? Quality, condition, and stylishness in your incoming makes your shop grow. Think about it, whether you’re aiming to attract consignors, sellers or donors.

Attracting the High-End supplier.

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Deja Vuesday: Time for your seasonal CHANGE!

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on April 9, 2013|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

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Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Chances are, you’re missing the biggest, easiest, most productive way to improve the quality of incoming consignments ever. And it’s SO easy and SO cheap to do. It works for all types of merchandise. It basically costs nothing.  It doesn’t (more…)

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Deja Vuesday: Do your shoes smell?

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on March 26, 2013|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

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Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Do your shoes smell? That’s what (more…)

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Deja Vuesday: How’s your web site lookin’?

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on March 12, 2013|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.com

Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Lots of discussion recently on the various discussion groups on consignment, resale and thrift store web sites. So it’s time to take another look at

Optimizing your shop’s web site.

 

And while we’re on the subject, have you taken the Too Good to be Threw Website Ranking Quiz? Or studied our week-long series on whether your site’s doing the best job to get shoppers into your actual, physical, bricks-&-mortar, REAL store? Or read the handout from last year’s workshop? This is all at our Blogging for Consignment, Resale & Thrifts page on TGtbT.com.

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