Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News on May 18, 2008| 2 Comments »
Resale, thrift, and consignment shops are my retail suppliers of choice
. I would no sooner go first to a “real” store before checking out the secondhand possibilities, than I would rip up 20-dollar bills.
And not really only for budgetary reasons. Sure, a major perk of latching onto others’ cast-off treasures is that my money gets me more (who wouldn’t rather (more…)
Posted in Used Stuff in the News, tagged Thrift on November 20, 2007| 5 Comments »
An article FULL of good ideas to help you focus on teen
s, if that’s a demographic you would like your shop to appeal to. I reproduce it here for fear the newspaper site will ax it soon as “stale news”, but to see the original, at least for a while, visit SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER.
I LOVE the idea of helping teens realize that by golly they DO have their own style, and showing them that’s it’s fun and creative to get their unique get-ups together, to NOT to be a slave to their peer group, “celebrities”, or even (gasp!) their parents!
Cheap chic: Thrift shopping lets teens find their personal style at bargain prices
By KRISTIN DIZON P-I REPORTER Last updated November 19, 2007 4:45 p.m. PT
“Go, Brittani, go!” Katherine Landerholm egged on her friend Brittani Potter as they hit the long rack of tank tops at Value Village on Crown Hill.
Potter, 16, has a weakness for (more…)
Posted in Used Stuff in the News on August 30, 2007|
On this, the 2nd anniversary of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and its surrounding areas, take a look at how resalers reacted:
Katrina could not defeat resale: Including how Carolyn of Baja Rosi’s Consignment Cabana, and Deb of Designs by Deb, helped out.
Other pages we used to band together 2 years ago:
Katrina ideas: Input from numerous shops
Tips for helping. Keep these in mind for another disaster. They will happen.
And sometimes, you need your public to get involved. That’s where a press release gets involved. Here’s my down-and-dirty guide to producing a press release fast for media attention.
Let us all hope and pray that New Orleans continues its rebuilding, and that, wherever disaster strikes again, we as the resale industry will once again pull together.
Posted in Used Stuff in the News on August 27, 2007| 1 Comment »
Headline from a newspaper article on shopping consignment:
Comment on a parenting blog:
Do people really think those who shop consignment or resale will look
“different”? And if they will, is that not a good thing?
Because who wants to look like every other mall-fashionista in the country? Sometimes it seems that people’s styles are basically interchangeable, thanks to the malling of America? Because those without (more…)
Posted in Used Stuff in the News on August 18, 2007| 1 Comment »
My, my. Doesn’t anyone in Aspen own a dictionary? I mean, I can understand the CPAs and government lawyers not understanding the concept of consignment, but perhaps one of the consignment shop owners (more…)
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