Have you added fall decorations to your consignment, thrift, or resale shop? Or to your windows (I saw Continue Reading »
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You’re chatting with a customer,
or looking for some tips to put in your newsletter, or wondering what added value you can give to your clientele in your blog.
So you need some information that will make you look like the professional resale expert you are? There’s plenty on the Internet. Here’s a few:
- Spot removal’s always a useful topic! Find some “insider tips” to share with your clientele at FabricLink The Educational Resource for Fabrics, Home Apparel, Furnishings and Care
- Or maybe refining your understanding of fabrics would be helpful. The site’s angled towards fabrics as used in menswear, but hey, camel’s-hair is unisex, isn’t it? ExecStyle
- Find more tips throughout the Internet, or save time and sifting through unhelpful hints by ordering…
Tips for your Customers
Over 215 resale-focused family, kids, beauty, household decor, kitchen, seasonal & holiday tips. Use in your newsletter, as stuffers and handouts, on your computer-generated receipts and clothes lists, in your consignor check letter. Put a tip in each dressing room each week. Post your favorites on your community bulletin board. Use them in conversation.
The possibilities are endless!
Give customers something extra to get increased word-of-mouth!
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Ran across a quotation the other day applies particularly well to consignment, thrift, and resale shopkeeping, where we deal daily in people’s assumptions and expectations. Continue Reading »
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In a looking-back mood today. 1000 posts will do that to a girl.
I unearthed a collection of Resaler Polls from 2006. See what you think… HAS the business changed in 5 years?
TGtbT.com’s Resaler Polls results.
Then come back here and leave your thoughts in our comments, below. Let your voice be heard!
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So, this is my 1,oooth post here on Auntie Kate the Blog.
I was trying to think how I could commemorate the one-thousandth entry here, and I played around with 1000 miles away, 1000 years ago, and all that.
Then I thought I would just give you the link to my first entry, in 2007. The jacket I left behind.
And then it struck me.
I’m a nag.
There are things I’ve told you a thousand times, and that maybe you’d like to review.
Like that first entry, about how being lazy costs you not only lost sales, but customer goodwill.
So here’s some nags. I hope they make your shop easier to run, more enjoyable, and of course, more useful to your ever-growing clientele. Which will make your profits better, too.
- Write thank-you notes. It helps cement your relationship with new customers and makes your shop stand out from the crowd.
- How to have a little fun, and make a little money, with weekend tasks. Some of which your spouse might even be willing to do.
- How important is the way you mark things down? More than you will ever imagine.
- Make your stuff interesting. For less than $10.
- Make your stuff talk. Again, less than $10.
- Watch your Internet reputation. Then, after you’ve buried the stinkers, go ahead and decorate.
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