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On the 12th Day of Christmas: Don’t pack them away!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged on January 6, 2013|

It’s traditional to take down Christmas decorations on Twelfth Day, which is today.

But don’t pack away those twinkle lights! Look at everything you can do with them, year ’round, in your consignment, resale or thrift shop.

We’re talkin’ swing shop. Or exceptionally pretty, feminine merchandise on a round table. Imagine this table piled high with Valentine’s Day goods!

Do you have a “dead” corner or room or shelving unit? Bring it alive by sprinkling twinkle lights towards the back of your for-sale merchandise:

Sure, you could simply outline your display windows with twinkle lights, but wouldn’t THIS be so much more WOM-worthy?

If you’re like me, you have SCADS of light strings, and you love Mason jars. I love this idea…
electric fireflies!

And finally, you don’t have to have palm trees to wrap tree trunks in twinkle lights… if you’re lucky enough to have trees around your shop!

How have YOU used twinkle lights in your shop? Any ideas to add?

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Do you LOOK for questions to answer?

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 5, 2013| 8 Comments »

Do you look for

questions to answer,

potential consignors to motivate,

future markets to develop for your consignment, resale or thrift shop?

One way is to be sure that (more…)

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Happy Birthday, Ben. Gimme a Franklin.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 4, 2013| 1 Comment »

Will they spend $100 in your consignment shop? January 17 is the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, one of our Founding Fathers… and the gentleman who has his portrait on the US $100 bill.

Maybe you’d like to speed up the pace of selling in January… maybe you could do a

Gimme a Franklin & we’ll give you a Jackson

promotion. Of course, you’d have to explain that if they spend $100, you’ll give them $20 off. Or even, a real $20 bill. Or maybe a “$20 off anything” coupon good in February?

Consignment promo idea

Benjamin Franklin, of course, is the person credited with some of our favorite thrifty quotes:

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.*

* That last quote is one to keep in mind when you encounter reluctant consignors or sellers. 😉

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Preparing to KEEP your consignment shop’s New Year’s Resolution

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 2, 2013|

collage with young beauty woman in the shopLove to look back on the past year, and when I do it here on Auntie Kate the Blog, I can really see what interests… and what scares… consignment, resale and thrift shopkeepers the most. For example…

The most (more…)

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Happy New Year. Now find a jar. A BIG one, if you’re lucky.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 1, 2013| 1 Comment »

Love this idea. You need two jars, actually. One for your consignment, resale or thrift shop, and one for home.

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Start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes about good things that happen. Then, on New Years Eve, empty it to remember the awesome stuff in your life. Good way to keep things in perspective both at home and in your consignment or resale shop.

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