Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, customers, holidays, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop on July 24, 2017|
The Ohio State Fair is starting this week. So, if your shop is within the geographical circle that’s likely to be planning to go, the main thought in your customers’ minds might be
and of course
Using the unspoken immediate needs or wants of potential shoppers means (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Mailbox: 1-on-1 Advice, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, consignors, profit, resale shopkeeping on July 20, 2017| 2 Comments »
An interesting approach from this consignment shop owner:I received this near the end of July from someone who had a concern:
I had a lady who is not a consignor yet but said that she wants to become one and that she has a lot of [fill in whatever fall goods your shop could sell the heck out of.] She was very insistent on getting to bring her fall items in now. We would like to give our current consignors dibs on what floor space we have. We told her (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on July 19, 2017| 3 Comments »
Definition: A passage between shelves of goods. A longitudinal division of an interior area. A long narrow gap that people can walk along. “There is no sitting allowed in the aisle.”
In other words, some pretty (more…)
Posted in Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling on July 14, 2017| 2 Comments »
It was bad enough when women’s jeans were sized in junior or missy sizes.
But adding the waist measurement, as they did a few years back? Madness.
Not to mentionthe variety of fit between manufacturers. And we ALL know that of all clothing, fit is the most important in denim. And that of all gently-used things to buy… jeans are the BEST.
Dare you sort your sizing by XS/S/M/L/XL? I would, but some shopkeepers get intimidated by shoppers with “size prejudice”… you know, those customers who insist they are always a 00 and are offended that you include 0 in your XS section.
If that’s an issue with your staff you might want to do as Karin Smith of Found in Canada does: get out your Sharpie and make yourself some “equivalent” markers, so at least you can put the waist/size under one marker.
Here’s Miss Me.
And Gap.
And Levis.
EVERYone’s confused. And all they want is a pair or 3 of jeans that make them look fabulous…
It might be wise… or at least sophisticated… to have a framed equivalency chart for European sizing as well.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged NARTS Conference, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop on July 11, 2017| 2 Comments »
The NARTS Conference Bus Tour is one of the most popular activities at Conference, and for good reason: you get to see, first-hand, the looks, layout, and operations of local shops, you get to ask nosey questions, and each shop generally has a few goodies for us!
Our third group of shops are all part of NTY Franchise. First up, Clothes Mentor. Their site says “Clothes Mentor pays CASH On-the-Spot or store credit for clothing in sizes 0 to 26 and maternity as well as shoes, handbags and other accessories.”
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Clothes Mentor offers a variety of resale shops in their franchising. The next bus stop included Children’s Orchard, Device Pitstop, and NTY Clothing Exchange, as well as New Uses, a furniture, home decor, and everything-else-you-can-imagine shop. Barely one step up from the traditional merchandise mix of donation charity shops, I was fascinated by racks of CDs, Big Box “artwork”, and more. My favorite find?
That’s the end of the official NARTS Conference Bus Tour, but stay tuned for a private tour of a phenomenal shop that has more square footage than there are souls in her town! Subscribe on our sidebar to get email whenever TGtbT.blog adds a new post.
Read Part I of our Bus Tour. And Part II.
Here’s NTY’s web site.
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Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 