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We’re from the government. We’re here to help you.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on March 16, 2012| 2 Comments »

Well, you may agree (more…)

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Deja Vuesday: Where are your friends when you need ’em?

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on March 13, 2012|

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.com

Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, recycled, and even restyled blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

So you got 1894 Facebook friends and 1167 follow your tweets and your mailing lists total over 2000.

So why is your shop so (more…)

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“Help new customers talk about you”

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on March 12, 2012|

How many of your consignment or resale shop visitors today will be new faces?

How many of them will mention your shop to how many other people in the next day or two?

And how (more…)

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Promotional Events for your Consignment, Resale, or Thrift Shop

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on March 11, 2012| 2 Comments »

Promotional events especially for consignment, resale and thrift storesWhen’s the last time you had an honest-to-goodness, word-of-mouth-worthy promotion in your shop?

Maybe now, with (more…)

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Online Oxfam: NFP with real staying power!

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on March 10, 2012|

A well-known nonprofit thrift operation in Great Britain, OxfamIf you’re a resale fan, and if you’ve visited Britain, chances are you’re familiar with the Oxfam charity shops. In fact, in my pantry I have a cherished tea canister that I bought in an Oxfam shop… in Bath, if I remember… almost 30 years ago!

It’s fun to poke around other shops, and enlightening as well. Looking at their brands and pricing, seeing how they appeal to shoppers and donors, what good your shopping dollars will do. And now you can do it without the transAtlantic flight!

Take a look at Oxfam’s online presence.

And don’t miss their two other areas of focus online: their Ethical Collection and Oxfam Unwrapped. I can totally see “NAM Unwrapped” or “Hospice Unwrapped”… can your charity make use of this idea?

Not a nonprofit thrift shop or NFP resale shop? There’s an idea

waiting for you as well on the Oxfam site: Shelflife. A simple, non-electronic tweak to this idea could be a good WOM addition to some of your more-unusual pieces!

Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organisations working in more than 90 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. —Wikipedia

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