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Say it in…colorful….words
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, selling on June 10, 2011| 2 Comments »
Make an impression.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk on June 10, 2011|
Fiddle with your photos. Play with your portrait. Make your shop look colorful or try out a Halloween costume.
It’s all possible with some fun and free (more…)
Winnie the Pooh as resale shopkeeper.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, starting a consignment shop on May 23, 2011| 3 Comments »
“I don’t see much sense in that,” said Rabbit.
“No,” said Pooh humbly, “there isn’t. But there was going to be when I began it. It’s just that something happened to it along the way.”
When you started out, you had a mind map for your business. It seemed like such a straight-forward business plan. But now, your strategy for your consignment shop, buy-outright boutique, or not-for-profit thrift store more closely resembles the Hundred Acre Wood rather than a treasure map. Diversions (Tigger’s Bouncing Place) and reactions to past conundrums (Where the Woozle Wasn’t) are taking up all your brain’s territory.
Did, as Winnie said, something happen to your plan for success along the way? If so, you may want to do a little terrain-rearranging.
If you love the “real” Winnie the Pooh as much as I do, there’s a wonderful interactive map (from which our illustration was borrowed) at Return to the Hundred Acre Wood.Wise words from a consignment shopkeeper
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk on May 17, 2011|
One of the absolute best things about having a consignment, resale, or thrift shop is that we can change our minds, our focus, or our philosophy almost instantly. And the best shopkeepers keep their minds alert to learning new things.
I was cleaning out my computer files the other day and ran across this message from Glenda Polak, owner of CapriceWest in Edmonton, Alberta. I’d asked (more…)
Consignment, resale, thrift shop Sundays
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, success on February 13, 2011| 2 Comments »
Sundays, for many of us, are for examining the larger picture. Whether in a place of worship or within your own soul:
Are you doing what you are meant to?
If you as a resaler, whether you own or operate (more…)
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