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Experimenting with making your consignment, resale or thrift shop Internet-proof.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 18, 2012| 25 Comments »

Consignment, resale and thrift stores have more jeans that you can shake your...umm, leg... at!

How are you getting people in?

Some imagination-provoking ideas about getting people shopping in real stores instead of on the Internet in this New York Times article. (Not sure about the booty cam though.)

After all, if you Google “online consignment” just for the past year, you get 1.7 million hits.

Yes, 1.7 million.

Comment, below, about how YOU market the advantages of in-person resale shopping in your business.  Or how you will be, this fall selling season. Ideas for attracting consignors, suppliers, and donors as well as shoppers would be great, if you have something to share.

All commenters will be entered into a drawing

for a free Sponsorship ($49 value!) at HowToConsign.com. If you are a current HowToConsign.com Sponsor , you’ll win DOUBLE that: $100 worth of Products for the Professional Resaler of your choice, in celebration of International Resale Day!

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Got an empty corner? No more do you.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on July 17, 2012| 3 Comments »

If you don’t follow Too Good to be Threw on Pinterest, or HowToConsign.com on Pinterest, you might have missed (more…)

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A slam-dunk quote for professional resalers.

Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 16, 2012| 1 Comment »

Dr J, Julius Erving, in 1987 From wikipediaOne 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…)

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It’s beginning to look a lot like…. Back to School.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 15, 2012|

Back to school shopping is easier, more fun, and less expensive at consignment, resale, and thrifts!

Back to School time is exciting for the kid in all of us, even if it’s been years since we hopped that school bus. New school supplies, new adventures, new friends… and of course, new clothes!

Get your shop (more…)

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So how’s your blog progressing?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 15, 2012|

Blogging for Consignment, Resale, and Thrift ShopsMaybe you have a blog. Maybe you’ve abandoned one. From the numbers (more…)

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