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The Flamingo Has Landed

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 22, 2008| 2 Comments »

So Cathy was there all the time, and her great husband Ted, who was just checkin’ out the crowd before he went to visit relatives for the duration.

The Flamingoville mailbox, a gift to TGtbT from some Sharers who had gathered at the NARTS Conference in June, is in place by the pool. He/she (we haven’t decided and the Flamingo ain’t tellin’) is flanked, here, by Carolyn and Cathy as we await the arrival of more resalers (and as we try out the tiki bar, just to make sure it works.)

The Tiki bar was pressed into service as a consignment intake desk, as we role-played (more…)

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Flamingoville gets off to a good start

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 21, 2008| 4 Comments »

Now, some of you who know Carolyn of Baja Rosi’s, know how friendly she is. Here she is, within 15 minutes of arriving in Sarasota, making sug-ah with the Old Man with the Alligator (pardon me, I missed getting the Full Reptile in the photo: the old man has (more…)

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An idea to adapt….

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on October 17, 2008| 7 Comments »

Interesting idea in an article I read recently, and one that could be a terrific way to promote a Green Christmas in your consignment or resale shop. The article starts “Why spend hundreds of dollars on new clothing when fun and fashionable threads are available for a fraction of the cost? Combat consumerism and imagine a more Earth-friendly wardrobe at this second-hand fashion show.”

It’s not so much the fashion show idea that intrigues me as it is (more…)

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A Treat for Resale and Consignment Shopkeepers

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 16, 2008| 1 Comment »

Here’s a clever broadcast email “postcard”. (I’m a past patio cushion customer of this company.) This one takes advantage of the upcoming Halloween holiday, but I’m bettin’ you could (more…)

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Not doing anything different.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk on October 14, 2008| 2 Comments »

With resale shops, consignment stores, and even the major thrifts all over the news nowadays as reporters try to address the changing retail landscape*, is this any time to remark, as a shopkeeper did at Too Good to be Threw, that We’re not doing well…I don’t know why, I mean, after all, we’re not doing anything different than last year or the year before.

Wouldn’t that, perhaps, be the problem? Shoppers are not shopping in the same places, in the same quantities, and even for the same reasons they were 12 months ago. Their values, outlook, and wants have changed. So if you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’re trying to sell as if it were 2007, or 2004, or 1998.

If we insist on “current styles only” in our secondhand shops, shouldn’t our operational focus be up-to-date as well?

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