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99 Things for Resale Shopkeepers to blog about.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 6, 2009| 1 Comment »

Got a blog for your resale or computertoessmallconsignment shop? Great! It’s a wonderful way to build connections with your loyal clientele, and a way to share information, ideas, suggestions and tips with both your regulars and with others throughout the Internet.

But has it been a while since you’ve made a message on your business blog? Is it because you can’t think of a thing to say? (Although I have never YET met a resale, thrift, or consignment shop owner who was lacking in interesting conversational gambits when face-to-face with a shopper!)

Blogging, which is literally FREE, exploits the biggest ADVANTAGE your shop has over “the big boys.” What’s that? (more…)

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Christmas is Past.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on December 28, 2008| 6 Comments »

Nothing sadder than the picked-over remains of holiday goods.  We just started the policy that the consignment period for holiday-specific goods ends the day after the holiday, no matter when in the preceding 60 days the item came in. We’ve done this now for Halloween and Thanksgiving, and yesterday, Dec. 27, was clear-out day for Christmas.

christmas-dregsThis is what the “holiday aisle” at Woman’s Exchange, a not-for-profit consignment shop, looked like at 9:30 am Saturday morning.  All of these items, unsold and unclaimed, have now become donations, and we need to remove them from the selling floor to make room for “real” stuff. Since the shop’s in Sarasota, January through March is actually our busiest time of year and boy, do we need the space!

Dressed in black (I was doing the whole anti-Santa thing, taking Christmas away!) I got started with my trusty little cart. Away with the old, in with the even older! (You’ll see what I mean in a minute.) (more…)

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All I want for Christmas

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged , on December 23, 2008|

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The best part of Christmas shopping is, of course, finding stuff YOU want. After all, who knows you better?

Here’s what I want and/or need, depending on your definitions:

Passionflower vine (see photo): I have a (more…)

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Wrapping it all up. Pretty & pretty eco-responsible.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on December 22, 2008| 1 Comment »

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All done with the shopping, thank goodness. But now I need an eco-aware way to wrap these presents! Now!! And NOT one which will result in more trash in the world, please. And one that’s PRETTY.

(My mother specialized in #9… well, that, and using toilet-paper rolls that she turned into “candles”, that always contained the dreaded new underwear and socks. Every single year.)

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It’s Christmas: Cut the chains of slavery

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on December 21, 2008|

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Total bankcard debt per bankcard borrower is $5,710. This was alternatively described as the total balance of bank-issued credit cards per consumer. (Source: TransUnion, December 2008)

Scary? You betcha. That quote’s just part of some eye-opening information. It’s hard to imagine that a couple could have, in addition to (more…)

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