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Consignment / Resale Braggin’ rights: Google Favorite Place

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News on July 1, 2010| 3 Comments »

The more affiliations and notice, the better!My friend Irene Mylan of Clothes Circuit in Dallas TX has just earned some consignment bragging rights. Her shop’s now a Google Favorite Place!

You can get your business on its way to being a Google Favorite Place too.

And I cannot WAIT to show y’all Irene’s incredible shop on the NARTS Bus Tour next June. Everyone, start saving some investment funds so you don’t miss Conference in 2011. A great place to start to accumulate these extra profit dollars is with 10 Simple Ways to Make $10,000 more a year

Heck, even if you only used half these simple ideas, you’d still have plenty of funds to go to join us at Conference! Split up the implementation of all 10 ways with your manager, and you both get to come!

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Neutron bomb has fallen.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 30, 2010| 9 Comments »

It seems like the neutron bomb has fallen on many consignment, resale, thrift shops…leaving everything intact except for people.

Neat, yes. Appealing, no.

Least, that’s how it looks when I see shop photos many times. Lonesome. Unoccupied. Empty. Deserted. Cheerless. Forlorn. Desolate.

Snooze.

Where’s the subliminal “community acceptance” message? The in-your-face “boy this is a popular shop they must have great stuff”? Or even the “gosh, will I look like THAT if I shop there?” wishful thinking.

People, people. Put people in your photos. Even just one can make all the difference.

Even one person makes a difference

Or failing that, mannequins.

These models won't blink.

Liven it up! Make it look like it’s fun to shop in your store. Befriended. Cheerful. Together. Popular.

Courtesy some newspaper photog.

Make it seem like THE place to BE.

Here’s an idea: invite all your Facebook fans over one evening. (Might as well get SOME use out of them.) Ask them to dress in white tops, black or khaki bottoms (you want your shop to shine; the fans are really only props but we won’t tell them that.) Use them as your models. When you’ve got the shots you want (and only then!), break out the pizza and beer or raspberries and champagne.

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Off to the annual consignment conference!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on June 24, 2010|

Resale, consignment, thrift: a MOUNTAIN of great stuff!

Ta-ta for a bit, dear readers…I’m off for 4 days of wild abandon at the NARTS resale, consignment, and thrift conference. If you’d like to follow my adventures there, pop on over to KateAtNARTS.

See you back here, after I get my yearly dose of advice, adventures, and amazing friendships there!

If you’d like to read up on what happens/ happened at NARTS Conference in the meanwhile, here’s a whole weekend’s reading.

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It’s Deja Vuesday… and it’s Wednesday???

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk on June 23, 2010|

This is what I get when I ask Google: "What day is today?" Now I am thoroughly confused. Somehow, I ended up at a wedding in China. And the Great Wall is like, downloading into the groom's head. Gotta love the Internet. Even if the Chinese can't.

I know, I generally point you to a past post that seems relevant today on Tuesdays, and today’s (more…)

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10 Ways Reading this Blog Can Make You $100 This Week

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk on June 22, 2010| 1 Comment »

Kate helps resale, consignment, and thrift shops prosper.And $1000 this month in your consignment or resale shop, and just imagine in the next year.

Kate challenges your thinking, points you in the right direction, and gets you thinking. Here’s some “best” blog entries.

1 & 2: Enhance what potential clients learn about your shop. Free.
Is it time to (more…)

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