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A display made to order for consignment, resale and thrifts

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on February 2, 2012| 1 Comment »

Great way to show... and sell... consignment, resale, and thrift goods

Click to see Supermarket Sarah's Gallery of Walls

Supermarket Sarah, in London, has many and varied interests, but I discovered (more…)

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Got Styrofoam? Be Mine for Valentine’s Day

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on February 1, 2012| 4 Comments »

candy hearts

Click the graphic if you want to brush up on your candy knowledge.

Those darn holidays just creep up on us, no matter how well-intended our window-display plans are.

Auntie Kate to the rescue, at least for Valentine’s Day.

Look at this neat idea from a Canadian craft shop!

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Inspiration from all over

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 31, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s best to wander the web, or magazines and home decor books, with (more…)

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Where’s your takeaway window?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 30, 2012|

Create a tasty takeaway for your resale, thrift or consignment shopI once visited a consignment shop which actually had a takeaway window… well, a “bring in” window: consignors drove up under a covered area and a shop staffer was right there, rolling rack at the ready. Now that’s service… something special worth telling your friends about!

Chances are, you aren’t ready to knock a hole into your side wall,

but do you have (more…)

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What consignment, resale, & thrift shops can learn from…. gently-used old newspaper ads.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on January 30, 2012|

When you’re starving for new creative ideas for your email marketing, a step into the past might be called for.

Definitely (more…)

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