Let’s go SHOPPING!! After all, we love to shop…and we can even Continue Reading »
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Some modest proposals of resale shopkeeper gifts.
Gift for shopkeepers with a sense of humor:
Great WOM item for the shop: A Tramp Lamp.
A thank-you gift to a fellow resaler:
Their name engraved in lights (well, electrons) along with their web site, pinpointed location on the Zoomable map, and gratitude from The Resale Guru for your support of the entire industry.
Stocking stuffers for shopkeepers:
If you have a little helper who’d love to have a project while s/he hangs around the shop, this round-corner punch can give a custom look to your business cards.
If you just can’t stop thinking about the shop even when you’re relaxing, The Picker Who Perished continues the obsession…
And then there’s these:
Many of the readers of this blog, visitors on TGtbT.com, HowToConsign.com Sponsors, and those who follow me on on FB have become real friends. They may not know everything about their online buddies, but they’d like to send them a small and easily mailed holiday gift. Here are some things I found on the ‘net… send ’em to your friends and pretend YOU searched high and low.
I’ll never tell.
(Click the photos for ordering info.)
BOSS LADY coin purse, $3.99, at BlueQ.
A journal to put all her venting into, $5.99, blueq.com
Does she complain how dry her hands are, handling all that incoming? $11.95, mcphee.com
Love her but not enough to spend money on her? Send her to free desktop wallpaper from storypeople.com
Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, holidays, resale shopkeeping |
A little pre-holiday gift for consignment and resale shopkeepers to keep things in perspective, business-wise or family-wise!
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when Continue Reading »
Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, holidays |
Step into your neighbor’s fur-trimmed Santa boots. What is it that keeps them from absolutely loving every tiny nuance and experience of the holidays?
By now, it’s the time and frustration factor. They want/ need/ are obligated to find the “perfect gift” and they simply can’t. They think. But maybe they have overlooked your resale or consignment or thrift shop. A subject line in your broadcast email, your Facebook or Twitter, could open a few eyes.
Can’t find Continue Reading »
Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, holidays, perceived value | 3 Comments »
Think about it. If your shop is consignment, what do you have in stock that’s at its final markdown? That’s OD? Enough to have a winter, end-of-season clearance?
Chances are, you do.
Now think of when your potential clientele is in the mood Continue Reading »
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