Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged NARTS Conference on May 27, 2010| 2 Comments »
Lordie lordie, only 4 weeks to Conference which is the second most valuable investment* you can make in your consignment, resale, or thrift shop.
I thought I’d point you to the first in a series I did for a past Conference:
Enjoy!
Every year shopkeepers also ask about the post I wrote about the wording to use on a (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, web on May 23, 2010| 11 Comments »
How do you feel about paying for endorsements of your consignment, resale, thrift shop?
This is from facebook: FACEBOOK FANS! GET A 50% OFF COUPON FROM [name deleted] AND HELP US OUT TOO BY JUST GOING TO OUR WEBSITE [url deleted] AND LEAVING GREAT COMMENTS IN OUR GUESTBOOK. FOR EVERYONE THAT LEAVES US POSITIVE FEEDBACK YOU WILL GET A 50% OFF COUPON FOR OUR STORE. SO, PLEASE GIVE US SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK!
Is this (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News, tagged accepting, kidswear on May 22, 2010| 2 Comments »
Now that Inez Tenenbaum, chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has declared that apparently (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on May 21, 2010| 1 Comment »
People have been writing, emailing, calling, twittering, and sending those weird messages from Facebook, asking me
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, buy-outright, charity, ecology on May 20, 2010| 3 Comments »
If your market area includes kids who live in dorms, student housing, or rentals, and if they’re leaving town, how can you consign or buy outright or receive as donations the stuff they don’t consider worth moving or storing?
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Whether it is called Chuck it for Charity (works whether your shop is an NFP thrift or if your consignment shop maintains charity accounts) or Move-out Recycling or Make a Clean Green Break, it’s a great way to
Photo courtesy of Drew Saunders on Flickr
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