(Don’t miss the companion piece to this post, If I started today…)
Planning what you WON’T do in your shop is as important as what you will do. Here’s my top picks for things I wouldn’t do. See if you agree.
* I wouldn’t name (more…)
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Things I wouldn’t do…if I were starting today
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, small business, starting a consignment shop on February 19, 2010| 9 Comments »
(Don’t miss the companion piece to this post, If I started today…)
If I started today…
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged profit, starting a consignment shop, success on February 18, 2010| 21 Comments »
A question people pose to me: What would you do if you were opening a consignment or resale shop now?
Things have changed from when I opened my consignment shop. And I have dispensed advice on how to open a consignment shop, have had uncountable visits here on my blog as well as Too Good to be Threw The Premiere Site for Professional Resalers and HowToConsign.com Turn your Cluttered Closets into Cash, done numerous consultations and talked to literally tens of thousands of shopkeepers.
So, for inquiring minds
What would I do, if I started a consignment shop today?
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Wacky Wednesday Giveaway: Your all-time FAVORITE outfit
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged ecology on February 17, 2010| 29 Comments »
It’s Wacky Wednesday: a free giveaway for consignment, resale, and thrift shop folk.
Here’s a topic we can all relate to, assuming none of us are full-time, born-to-be nudists.
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Frugal versus Cheap: A Resaler’s Guide
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, small business, Thrift on February 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
Can you put into words the difference between being cheap and being frugal?
As a consignment or resale shopkeeper, you run across situations all the time where I would define being frugal as protecting your hard-earned money by looking for ways to get the highest value from everything you buy. -MoneyUnder30.com
you have to choose between frugality and cheapness.
David Weliver of MoneyUnder30.com is the source for this sidebar quote on what frugal is…
And what is cheap?
Being cheap is blowing your hard-earned money on something that won’t do what you want it to, like a low-quality chair that will fall apart. Being cheap also means NOT spending money even when it is to your advantage to do so. It’s all about intentions, expectations and investment.
Being frugal in our resale (more…)
How much Tweeting is too much Twitter?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, Twitter on February 15, 2010| 1 Comment »
I “followed” a professional site the other day because the person seemed to have some great insights into a topic I am interested in.
Today, in 8 hours, I received 16 Tweets from her.
Is a yank on my sleeve every 30 minutes too much? Yes. It’s just (more…)
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