Whether NARTS Conference or your local Chamber of Commerce, we all need to network. If not with our resale peers, then with other business people in our community, a social group at our place of worship, a family reunion… and it can be intimidating. This article was one of my Grow Your Biz columns in the NARTS newsletter. We now have a collection of the best of those columns, available in the TGtbT.com Build your Shop Products Collection
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Fear of Networking
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, success on September 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
What do office workers have in common with resale & consignment shops?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, profit, selling on August 27, 2012| 4 Comments »
Here’s the set-up:
What do office workers have in common with resale & consignment shops?
And here’s the punch line: (more…)
Who’s looking for your consignment, resale, thrift shop today?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, HowToConsign.com, resale shopkeeping on August 22, 2012| 3 Comments »
If you can Facebook, you can blog. And you’d better.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, social networking, web, word of mouth on August 17, 2012| 4 Comments »
Is adding new merchandise to your resale shop a good idea?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accessories, competition, profit on August 15, 2012| 1 Comment »
Sarah Deveau, founder of Cater Tot in Canada, on why resale shops might wish to carry some new products as well. Excerpted from New Product Profitability, a Luncheonette Product at TGtbT.com.
Why Add New Products?
Adding new inventory to your sales floor can take your business to the next level, both in terms of revenue, and more importantly, profit.
New products attract a (more…)
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