One woman has started a “thrift store alliance”… which looks like it could be attracting consignment and resale shops as well… in a Florida county.Watch the news reel.
Gather some ideas that you may want to try in your marketplace from their Facebook Page which has over 14,000 followers.
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It’s hard to relax when you’ve got nagging questions about your consignment, thrift or resale shop. If you want to dive into a thrilling read at the beach, Auntie Kate has some titles to suggest.
Well, there’s no heaving bosoms (unless it’s yours heaving with ideas for your shop) or burning buildings (unless it’s your shop getting HOTHOTHOT) on this list, but I think you’ll find some helpful ideas on this blog post from Constant Contact.
My personal recommendations are here, ready to order from Amazon (and of course, they list second-hand copies too!) if you are intrigued.
Books about retailing in general are here, including this summer’s fave, E-Myth Revisited.
Still browsing the shelves? Here’s 53 recommendations from Goodreads.
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Whether you are consignment, resale or donations-only thrift, it all comes down to
While many factors go into determination of what something will sell for in your business (location, traffic patterns, reputation, size of marketplace, even how much space you have to keep something on the sales floor until the right customer comes along), many shopkeepers like to have a starting point for their staffers. Just one of the concepts explored in our
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The best thing about using Facebook to keep your consignment, resale or thrift shop on people’s minds, is that
it’s so timely.Here are some shopkeeper examples I received in Continue Reading »
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