Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays on November 8, 2009| 2 Comments »
I hope you’re knee-and-elbow deep in Christmas (Holiday, Hanukkah, Winter
Solstice etc) planning this weekend. I hope your expectations for the holiday selling period in your consignment (resale, thrift etc) shop are great.
If you do not (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, perceived value on November 6, 2009| 16 Comments »
No more $5 off a $35 purchase or $10 off a $50 purchase or whatever you have been doing; STOP IT RIGHT NOW.
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Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged buy-outright, Halloween, success on November 5, 2009| 5 Comments »
Consignment & resale shopkeepers can clean up on costumes year 'round!
Did you let your consignors*, your sellers, or your donors know that you want those Halloween costumes now?
No?
Then do it forthwith! (That means make it snappy!)
Why? Because, yes, you can make money from costumes of all sorts the whole year ’round. Read on, for an article from a past issue of our print newsletter, which we no longer publish.
Looking to build your business? Have you considered costume sales and/ or rental?
Dressing up in (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success on November 3, 2009| 7 Comments »
Everything is looking up for the rich shopkeeper. She makes SURE it does.
Do you have every event, every ad, every blog message, website change, consignor letter and bag-stuffer….even every display window theme, between now and the end of the year planned out? Know when and how you will let your prospective audience know about the events? If so, you may be a rich-shopkeeper-in-the-making.
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Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, perceived value on November 2, 2009|
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