Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 22, 2009| 2 Comments »
So I am in the dressing room, naked from the waist up, glasses-less, and the saleswoman brings me in this bra. “It’s the #1 best-selling T-shirt bra!” she crows (or crows as much as a 4″11″ 65-year-old sales clerk in orthopedic shoes can.)
Wow, I think, Dillard’s really has it together. They keep their sales staff apprised re sales figures and specific styles to recommend to customers. Way to go, Dillard’s!
So I buy the bra. To be specific, I buy 5 of them. Who likes getting naked (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk on July 21, 2009| 3 Comments »
Summer, fall, winter, spring. The four seasons of the calendar and the four seasons of retail selling. But it turns out there’s another season, and it’s upon us right now.
Your clients are now entering the need season, a season that only secondhander shops can profit from. The new-merchandise stores can’t afford the need season. But you can maximize customer service, public recognition, and dollars in the till with wise promotion in the coming weeks.
What happens to the (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 18, 2009|
I have been thinking a lot lately about wabi sabi.
It’s the modern Japanese term for beauty or serenity that comes with age.
I think “the beauty” refers to lovingly-used goods and the aura they hold, whether a solid antique table whose prior users you love to imagine, or the well-broken jeans which are the most comfortable thing in your closet.
“The serenity”,
I guess, refers to the fact that there must be SOME compensation for not being able to sit with my legs tucked under me any more. Bah humbug, I say. And that’s (pun intended) OLD English.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on July 13, 2009|
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Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged International Resale Day, sea of sameness on July 10, 2009| 2 Comments »
Are you run of the mill?Is your business drowning in the Sea of Sameness? Promise me you’ll do a little shakerattleandrollin‘ before International Resale Day, (more…)
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