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What to do with a losing lottery ticket.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged Facebook, promotions, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, web on June 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »
ICYMI: Make your Website Work At Least as Hard as You Do
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, Facebook, small business, web on June 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
In Case You Missed It…. ICYMI, we ran a series of Facebook posts yesterday to gather resources to help you make your website be a major part of your online presence. After all, your consignment, resale or thrift shop deserves every ounce of attention it can get, right?
In case you missed our day-long “webinar” or if you (more…)
Is being stingy costing your resale shop money?
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged Facebook, resale shopkeeping, web on June 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We all understand that we can’t be stingy paying our staff (after all, as consignment and resale shops, we require our staff not just to sell, but to manage and monitor incoming merchandise too). We know that skimping on rent is a false economy (if they can’t see us they can’t shop us). And saving a few bucks by using copyrighted pictures without paying for them? That watermark from the owner shows potential shoppers that your company might have some ethical challenges that they would do well to steer clear of.
All of these are times when being cheap is (more…)
Celebrate your consignment (or resale or thrift!) anniversary
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged learn a lot, promotions, resale shopkeeping on June 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Here’s an idea I grabbed while out & about. You can Learn a Lot if you keep (more…)
Desire, Determination, Diligence, Dollars
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop, thought for the day on May 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We all know the 3 R’s of education. But I ‘d like to coin
the 4 D’s of Resale Shopkeeping.
Of course Desire, Determination, Diligence, Dollars applies to (more…)
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