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Can seasonal sales help consignment, resale, thrift shopkeepers? YOU decide.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on April 22, 2011| 1 Comment »

Consignment shops can benefit from seasonal salesLick ’em or join ’em:

what will you do about seasonal consignment sales?

They’re not going away. As a matter of fact, they’re growing.

And that includes adult seasonal sales as well.

You can lick ’em or join ’em.

The only thing (more…)

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Snooze Alarm: Stop nagging, start enticing.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on April 21, 2011|

Another installment of the thrilling series

Are you putting your customers to sleep?SNOOZE ALARM: Really really boring ways to say things

Some exceedingly talented consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers can manage not only to sound boring, but (more…)

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Let your merchandise speak for itself.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on April 20, 2011| 14 Comments »

You know I think consignment, thrift, resale shops underutilize photos. I think every shop could use a lot more of them. On their sites, on their blogs, in Facebook (hey, whatever happened to flickr and twitpic?)

And you know I am a fan of (more…)

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The Mom Contest at your consignment, resale, thrift shop.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on April 19, 2011| 4 Comments »

What 2 things is this woman remembered for?

What 2 things is this woman remembered for…and what’s her name? Hint: She grew up motherless. (Which explains the hair do.)

Now we all know that mothers everywhere would be proud to see our savvy shoppers and sellers

ReSell…RePlace…ReJoice!

After all, it was Mom who taught us to be savvy with our spending, to recognize quality, and that to waste barely-used possessions was a cryin’ shame.

So it seems only fitting that (more…)

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on April 18, 2011| 2 Comments »

What’s wrong with this picture?

Well, really, what do these two pix have in common…that’s wrong?


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You guessed it: the great big clock. You don’t really want to forcibly remind your browsers that time flies…do you?

We thank Bon Bon Boutique & another consignment shop for showing us their shops.

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