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It’s September 23: Time for a Blast from the Past!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged profit, success on September 23, 2011| 7 Comments »
“We’ve created a new policy”
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, small business, thought for the day on September 22, 2011| 4 Comments »
Is the first thing you think of, when people won’t do what you want them to do, to make a new rule they must obey in order to patronize your business?
If so you have a Napoleon complex.
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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…)
Facebook complainers sound WAY too familiar to consignment shop owners.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on September 21, 2011| 4 Comments »
Oh my oh my. Facebook has (more…)
Is your shop preaching to the choir?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, web on September 20, 2011| 1 Comment »
“Preaching to the choir” refers to promoting your business only to those who are already fans, whether on the web or in person. Do you spend all your marketing efforts on inbound marketing?
What’s Inbound Marketing? (more…)
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