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“The messier and more confusing a store looks, the better the deals it projects.”

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on April 8, 2011| 2 Comments »

All that mish mash clutter is saying something specific to your resale customers

Take heart as you pile those spring items in and do your best to find space

where you never thought you had any, before. It may be all to the good for a certain type of store. After all, (more…)

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What’s more important: tempting their imagination or telling them how much it costs?

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on April 7, 2011|

So what’s more important: tempting their imagination or telling them how much it costs?

(Or, in the case of our consignment, resale, and thrift shops, telling them (more…)

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It’s Spring: Garage & yard sales are waiting to cut into your business.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on April 6, 2011| 1 Comment »

Resale, consignment and thrift shops need special tactics to compete with garage and yard salesIt’s Spring: Garage & yard sales are waiting to cut into your business. Are you gonna just sit there and let that happen?

Do you find your warm-weather weekend days falling (more…)

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Savvy Auntie… not me, you.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged on April 5, 2011| 2 Comments »

Well, of course my first thought when I saw the name, Savvy Auntie, of this web site was

“Gee, a fan page for Auntie Kate!”

But it turns out (more…)

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Good-enough-to-chomp consignment shop Easter display

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on April 4, 2011| 2 Comments »

No insipid spring pastels for this fashionable shop for Easter.

Easter windows can look, well, a bit too (more…)

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