Huh? The famous writer of such books as Tropic of Cancer and Black Spring has something to say to resale shop owners, consignment shopkeepers, thrift store bosses?
Yes indeed. Henry Miller wrote (more…)
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Henry Miller on being a consignment shop owner.
Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, small business on November 4, 2012| 7 Comments »
A slam-dunk quote for professional resalers.
Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business, starting a consignment shop, success on July 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
One of the people who taught me a lot about the resale business was my mother, who opened her two shops on Long Island NY, when I was a child. Back then shoppers (more…)
If it’s good enough for a state… maybe it’s good enough for you?
Posted in quotations of use, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising on May 30, 2012| 3 Comments »
Ran across slogans for states. Thought of you.
After all, some tax-payer money went into these slogans, so if you paid for them, how about adapting them to your consignment, resale, or thrift shop?
Think about:
Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach Doesn’t this strike a chord for those shops which specialize in the truly dream-luscious brands? A bit snobby, maybe, when applied to resale goods, but then again…
Find Yourself Here For shops which brand themselves as unique, indie fashion/ style presenters. Get it? “Find yourself”? No? Well.
Celebrate & Discover Well, this has possibilities, maybe… if your shop has lots of party wear and other stuff.
More Than You Can Imagine If you have a vast selection of goods in a seriously-large storefront, this might work.
Feels Like Coming Home Great if your home goods/ furnishings store specializes in carefully-arranged vignettes; not so good if you have the whole dusty-attic-mishmash thing going. The mishmash approach is perfectly fine, just (hopefully) it’s not like coming home. So you might, for a wonderfully-full messy treasure trove of a store, consider altering Big Sky Country to Big Buy Country. Or use Land of Enchantment, that’d be good. I’d go for that.
To see which slogan has been/ was applied to which state, visit the Wikipedia list. To my Canadian friends: I tried to include slogans for Canadian provinces, but really. See what I mean.Happy New Year, courtesy Dr. Seuss
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk on January 1, 2012|
Have a wonderful, healthy, happy, profitable 2012, from Kate Holmes of
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Ram Dass on consignment
Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk on October 8, 2011|
Ran across a quotation the other day applies particularly well to consignment, thrift, and resale shopkeeping, where we deal daily in people’s assumptions and expectations. (more…)
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