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Trench? Check. Striped T? Yup. A guide for consignment & resale groupies.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk on April 30, 2012|
Watch as we discover what Pinterest DOESN’T tell you!
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, Twitter, web on April 22, 2012| 2 Comments »
We’re developing a Pinterest presence for HowToConsign to
make the public more aware of consignment, resale, and thrift shops.
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Dressing rooms: that’s where you’re making your money. Or not.
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations on April 2, 2012| 1 Comment »
Customers who try on clothes in fitting rooms have a conversion rate—meaning they (more…)
ODing on consignment, resale, and thrift info.
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping on February 26, 2012| 2 Comments »
Did you know that you can quickly find any of our over 1300 posts here on AuntieKate the Blog?
That you can scan the titles to find some interesting reading?
You can. The complete list of posts, from the first to the most recent, is on our
The Best of Auntie Kate page.
Remember not to stay up too late though. You have to put some of those ideas to work, tomorrow in the shop.
It’s the first day of fall. You know what that means.
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk on September 21, 2011|
For us in retail, the consignment, resale, and thrift store owners and staff who follow this blog, it’s sometimes hard to remember the first days of each season as they roll around.
After all, we’ve been immersed in autumn merchandise now for weeks… and we’re actually gearing up for the arrival of winter goods in a week or so!
But there’s one great way to mark the first day of fall, or the other 3 seasons, and that’s to remember that seasons are CHANGE, and
each new season your should think about CHANGING: (more…)
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