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What type of last-ditch clearance sale works best for consignment & resale?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged markdowns, resale shopkeeping, small business on July 15, 2014| 1 Comment »
How will they know about your clearance sale?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged markdowns, resale shopkeeping, selling on July 9, 2014|
When you want to create some interest in markdowns in your consignment or resale or thrift, how will you let the public know?
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What is it worth secondhand?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, customers, resale shopkeeping on July 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
“What’s it worth?” is always the question, right?
Click for “Accepting & Pricing”, one of our best-sellers in our TGtbT Products for the Professional Resaler
Whether you are consignment, resale or donations-only thrift, it all comes down to
How much can we sell this for?
While many factors go into determination of what something will sell for in your business (location, traffic patterns, reputation, size of marketplace, even how much space you have to keep something on the sales floor until the right customer comes along), many shopkeepers like to have a starting point for their staffers. Just one of the concepts explored in our
Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing from TGtbT.com.
Using a mobile app to consign
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, web on June 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
eBay Valet… “sell for me” is their motto. 
Use your mobile device to consign. Here’s (more…)
Retail’s Dirty Secret
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged coupons, customers, markdowns, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on June 5, 2014| 15 Comments »
I have, in my car, a 4″ high pile of coupons to Bed Bath & Beyond. I’m guessing you do too.
After all, they’re (more…)
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