Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk on June 22, 2010| 1 Comment »
And $1000 this month in your consignment or resale shop, and just imagine in the next year.Kate challenges your thinking, points you in the right direction, and gets you thinking. Here’s some “best” blog entries.
1 & 2: Enhance what potential clients learn about your shop. Free.
Is it time to (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, thought for the day on June 21, 2010| 15 Comments »
TGtbT.com, my web site, has sold more operations manuals this year than in any other year. NARTS Conference is going for a new record number of attendees, after setting a record last year. The shop I volunteer at is having its highest year in over four decades…and this, in a market area that is considered one of the hardest-hit by the economy (and the most appalling (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged holidays, merchandising on June 10, 2010|
Just because you don’t carry “guy stuff” doesn’t mean you can’t make money on this holiday!
Newspaper item: Anticipated PER PERSON spending on Father’s Day up 58% to almost $100! You just gonna let them go (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, resale shopkeeping on June 8, 2010|
Here’s a statistic to warm the cockles of your heart:
If your windows pull in 10 extra customers a day who spend $50 each, the annual increase in sales will exceed $182,000.
(And that statistic is based on those customers just buying once and disappearing… imagine how your sales will increase when you turn them into regulars and fans!)
The Big Book of Window Displays Especially for Resale Shops is waiting for you!
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, sea of sameness on June 2, 2010| 3 Comments »
Can of paint turns a tacky dummy into a work of word-of-mouth art!
A recycled collection of reusable display and store fixture ideas
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 