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You have a friend in resale! A compadre in consignment, a pal in thrift!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 3, 2010| 5 Comments »

A dozen resale and consignment shopkeepers getting silly at Flamingoville on Siesta Key FL

A dozen resale and consignment shopkeepers getting silly at Flamingoville, an informal gathering of resalers on Siesta Key FL

I remember a spouse at one of the NARTS Conferences marveling over the openness and friendliness of the 250-300+ shopkeepers happily gabbing away.

“I’ve never seen (more…)

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Recycled store display fixtures are the bomb!

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on June 2, 2010| 3 Comments »

Old mannequins become word-of-mouth sculptures

Can of paint turns a tacky dummy into a work of word-of-mouth art!

A recycled collection of reusable display and store fixture ideas

Okay all you consignment, resale, and thrift shops. Are you using recycled display fixtures to (more…)

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Things you didn’t even know you needed.

Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on June 1, 2010|

The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

WE should all be as happy as kings.Take, for example, (more…)

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Oh my, what a stunning consignment shop! A rare resale shop! A thrilling thrift!

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on May 29, 2010| 4 Comments »

Resale Makes My Heart Race! Courtesy HowToConsign.comOkay. We’ve spent some time recently

burying the stinkers,

those nasty, totally-inaccurate (or so we like to think!) and biased negative reviews of our shops by asking our fans, friends, and best customers to put their reviews up on all those sites Auntie Kate talked about.

And we’re working on

enhancing those free-listing sites with photos, info, and more good reviews from those who love our shops, as Auntie Kate mentioned a few weeks ago.

Fantastic! We’re nearing the home stretch now. Next task: get some good, glowing, wonderful reviews of your shop on its Facebook page. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people could read what others think about your shop? Of course it would.

After all, that’s social marketing. And social networking.

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Teamwork: This part of staffing your store is crucial!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on May 28, 2010| 1 Comment »

There’s a LOT of work involved in running a consignment, resale, or thrift shop. A lot more than in a “regular” retail store, and it’s harder too, what with the variety of items you receive

(what is it? what’s it worth? where in blue blazes am I going to put it and what do I have to rearrange in order to get it on the selling floor at all?)

THat’s why I was fascinated by this (more…)

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