Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, success on August 24, 2015| 6 Comments »
I was early this Saturday for a meeting, and decided to stop by a small consignment shop I’d visited before.
Theda Bara, shown here in 1917, would have loved to see your Weird & Wonderful shop racks!
It’s a perfectly-fine shop, and I’ve bought here before, so I thought I might find a treasure or two.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success on June 4, 2015| 2 Comments »
First up, dress forms that imply someone’s been beheaded.
I’m okay with headless forms, even headless mannequins… but plop a hat on that neckblock or even worse, a big blood red blossom, and I can’t help think “gory movie” or “alien with tentacles instead of a face.” It’s probably just me.
Along the same lines, mannequins missing arms, hands, fingers.
War injuries? Amputation based on too-enthusiastic Black Friday early-bird shopping? Or just a “our merchandise doesn’t deserve a nice display”-itis?
Bins of hangers all tangled. I envision $15 an hour employees leisurely unraveling the mess, one hanger at at time.
I spent far too many years of my life in a half-crotch, untangling the boogers. Use a hanger stacker, I want to scream!
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on April 26, 2015| 4 Comments »
But the almost-industry-wide practice of charging (more…)
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged blogging, employees, resale shopkeeping, small business, success on April 16, 2015| 3 Comments »
I’ve collected up quite a few (liar. A whole closet-full.) PDFs from around the web that you might find useful in building, growing, and polishing your shop. Take a moment and bookmark this post in your “Shop Success” file (you do have one of those, right?) because they’re not easy to find, and because, even if you don’t need them today, you will, someday.
A fill-in-the-blanks employee review from The Retail Doc (as discussed on the NARTS group recently)
Extraordinary Customer Service, a must for your staffers’ reference folders, from Rick Segel
An Introduction to Business Blogging
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, small business on April 14, 2015| 6 Comments »
I’m sure you’ve all had the experience of seeing yourself, your home… or your store… in pictures and thinking
There’s something about our vision that edits (more…)
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 