Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged success on January 9, 2010| 14 Comments »
“Bag Sale”…the very name makes resale shopkeepers salivate. Move this stuff! Let’s clear it out to make room for incoming! Sell ’em bunches of stuff, armloads, bagsful!
All very well and good, and certainly bag sales and dollar racks and BOGOs are (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, customers, perceived value, promotions on January 8, 2010| 4 Comments »
This is a great time of year to think about what would up the joy quotient in your business and to figure out how to do it. After all, January’s not the cheeriest month and folks are hungry for some fun. How can you make your shop the go-to place when your clientele needs a little treat? Here’s three ideas for glee that might get you started:
Whether it’s a (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged thought for the day on January 6, 2010| 7 Comments »
Just a little further note on yesterday’s entry about how important wording is in
the resale and consignment word: Spelling is vital, too. As per the following example.
I SWEAR to you that I DID NOT make this up. Here’s a blog entry I just happened to run across two years ago. I saved it for just such an occasion as this.
Last year my goal was (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, consignors, web on January 5, 2010| 10 Comments »
Today’s post for consignment and resale shop owners was going to be about now being a good time to make consignor agreement changes.
I went looking and found some agreements that made me cringe. Wording that shows that the writer forgot the REASON for putting her/his info on the web: to entice potential clients to come to the shop.
So today let’s talk about how your agreement is presented. Without careful consideration, your wording can sound like (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, recycle, sea of sameness on January 4, 2010| 1 Comment »
Take a tattered or (more…)
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