A consignment shop owner said recently, in response to a shop still in its first year and struggling with cash flow:
Sometimes what we envision as our “dream shop” doesn’t necessarily translate to making a profit
It’s wonderful to have dreams, and it’s imperative to have them, otherwise we would never try something new (like opening our own store!) But once the shop is open, we have to Continue Reading »
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Now, most consignment and resale shops are hesitant, with good reason, to allow Target merchandise into their shops. But it still behooves shopkeepers to keep an eye on what’s happening there, and this article Continue Reading »
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For many years, I wrote a small weekly ad for my consignment shop in our local newspapers. Since I didn’t have a lot of ad money in my shop budget, I had to make every word count. I can see her still: Billy, my ad rep. A staunchly unimaginative-seeming middle-aged woman in Talbots’ finest, right down to the penny loafers. She looked like a high-school English teacher, and maybe she had been, because she gave me the best Continue Reading »
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Money can’t buy you love, sang the Beatles.But there’s one thing that money can buy you, and that’s time.
Shopkeepers need Continue Reading »
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I found a little something in a vintage shop (remind me to go back with my camera… they do incredible vignettes) and a great shirt from a favorite designer in a womenswear shop across the road.
Then came my moment of shame. In the next consignment shop, just past Continue Reading »
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