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Aren't in the mood to further your resale education? Click to knit these, instead.Snow drifts and icy roads. School closures and travel advisories. Staring the dreaded bills-are-due monster in the face.

Resale customers can’t, won’t, or haven’t the heart to shop. You’ll feel just plain irresponsible if you urged people to bring in consignments in such weather.

But life goes on, and if your shop isn’t pulling in the big bucks right now, how can you assure that it will, come warmer (=more shopping-friendly) weather?

What to do?

How about plotting out some successful ideas for your secondhand shop so that when business picks up, you’ll be ready to

help those shoppers find what they need in your store?

Look around. What needs doing, and what do you need to know in order to do it?

Tired of your boring window displays? Window Displays Especially for Resale Shops is full of ideas including 77 Suggestions for Super Windows.

Wish you could add $10,000 to last year’s figures? There’s 10 Simple Ways you can. (Originally written to show resalers how they could easily make enough money to attend NARTS Conference, you can earn enough between now and June to do it, too!)

Got a web site, but how will folks see it? Blog! It’s easy as your Facebook or Instagram and a lot longer-lasting (and tip: your blog post can automatically show up on your social media, saving time and brain exercise. Learn how (it’s fun!) with Blogging for Resale Shops.

Wonder what your clientele thinks of you? Plan to run a survey this spring with the Customer Opinion Survey Kit. You might be surprised at what your customers can tell you and how much the results will guide your business growth. (I know I was FLOORED by what I learned and made big bucks once I learned it!)

Not in the mood to further your education today? Then go shopping…for something that’ll help YOUR shop.

Got a couple of bucks change back from your shopping spree? Spend it on some mini-Products that are like having lunch with Kate.

The best part of all? You don’t even have to get out of your bunny slippers to shop and get  TGtbT.com”s Products for the Professional Resaler.

No bunny slippers? Click the graphic above to get the pattern for these!

 

I have no idea what a smurf butt has to do with this post, but heck, it's Friday.

Fashion without Victim, Feng Shui & Sunshine. What else ya need?

For those stuck in snowdrifts or otherwise with time on Continue Reading »

Sales counterGo ahead. Get out from behind your counter.

Take a look at what your clients see. Does the experience enhance their opinion of your business? After all, your counter is probably more looked-at than anything else in your shop. What’s the lasting impression?

Then, consider Continue Reading »

Wacky Wednesday Free Giveaway for consignment and resale shopsIt’s Wacky Wednesday once again. A free giveaway for consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners/ managers.

Here’s a topic that proves great minds think alike: both Tiani, a new shopkeeper, and I came up with the idea of:

What’s the best Continue Reading »

Inspiration strikes daily with Products from the Professional Resaler at TGtbT.comDo you feel, sometimes, like there’s lightning crackling all around you, great ideas that flash into your resale shopkeeper brain…

and just as quickly fade away?

And then, when you need to come up with a clever idea, a nifty solution or a unique Continue Reading »