If you had a traveling vintage clothing business, what would YOU name it?
And if you could find a cool old aluminum trailer Continue Reading »
Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged merchandising | 2 Comments »
A resale shopkeeper asks:
“How can I make nice signs for my windows?
“I don’t have very good handwriting, but I need signs bigger than those I can make on my computer.
Help! I can’t afford the sign shop’s costs, not when I change my window signage every week!”
Kate replies:
There’s several Continue Reading »
Posted in Mailbox: 1-on-1 Advice, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged customers, display |
Need a holiday poster for your consignment, resale, thrift shop?
Here’s one for you, from me, to wish you a happy holiday and a Merry Thrifty one too!
Download the full-size file at TGtbT.com as a .jpg or a PDF. Print it out. Use it wherever you choose: windows, door, dressing rooms, in sign holders in your NWT gift swing shop.
Heck, it would make a terrific postcard too, wouldn’t it? Even printed out on glossy paper as a cover to your press release kit about shopping resale for the season. Please leave the HTC address on it to acknowledge our industry site as the creator of this gift to you.
Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, holidays | 2 Comments »
Okay, so you’ve planned a Local Artist’s Fair for the Saturday before Thanksgiving in your consignment shop.
Great! Count on me!
I’ll be there. Look at those terrific offerings in the email body text. What resale shopper in her right mind wouldn’t Continue Reading »
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, email, holidays |
Flannel shirt, rhinestones, needs pressing. $190.
WAIT! Don’t hand that Leslie Lucks 80’s shoulder-padded jacket…the one missing its skirt…back to that lady! It’s worth $250 on the Internet! Even without the skirt!
It’s not an NTY!*
Rhinestone tennis bracelet? $25. Gunne Sax “prom” dress (I personally sold at least 629 of these the first time around to teens in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Columbus OH…so many, we had to keep records of which dress was going, in which color, to which prom) $190. How about a Continue Reading »
Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged accepting, display, merchandising | 4 Comments »
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