Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged small business on March 2, 2010| 1 Comment »
A new weekly feature here at Auntie Kate The Blog is
where you can visit a gently-used, recycled, and even restyled blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around
Without further ado, for Deja Vuesday today may I present: (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged coupons, customers, word of mouth on March 2, 2010| 3 Comments »
Let’s face it, in consignment and resale, we recycle everything from our merchandise to 2nd-time-around hangers, re-purposed fixtures, rescued pets (and a few re-purposed spouses.)
Here’s how I’d do it: Make them (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, profit, word of mouth on February 27, 2010| 6 Comments »
If a potential customer calls your shop when you aren’t open…what do they get?I tried this, dialing shops across the country, just to see what impression a stranger or a regular would get if they happened to call outside of business hours.
Guess what? Ringy ringy. That’s it. No friendly (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged coupons, markdowns, profit on February 25, 2010| 3 Comments »
Received in my email recently, a message from a consignment (or maybe it was a resale) shop looking to rid themselves of the last vestiges of winter merchandise (“We’re getting great spring stuff in and we need the space! $1, $5, $10 racks! Come see!”)
In the fine print (more…)
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