No, it’s not the dead of January or those slooww days in July. The scariest season of all is
Halloween.
Why? Because people love it…. more and more each year. Because you have like THREE WEEKS or so to make or break Continue Reading »
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I was early this Saturday for a meeting, and decided to stop by a small consignment shop I’d visited before.
Theda Bara, shown here in 1917, would have loved to see your Weird & Wonderful shop racks!
It’s a perfectly-fine shop, and I’ve bought here before, so I thought I might find a treasure or two.
What I found?
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, success | 6 Comments »
Nothing better than showing pix of your current merchandise on your social media, is there?
Well, yeh there is. Showing a little Continue Reading »
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Fretting over whether the wisest course of action would be to keep working with… or dismiss… a new employee?
As you may know, all my employees were hired on a trial basis, where (as I put it)
We’re trying each other on for size. You get to see if you like the job, the people, the duties… even me. And I get to do the same: observe how you work, how you interact with staff and customers, and whether you can and will accomplish a variety of tasks. If either of us decide this wasn’t a good choice, we can back out, no hard feelings, during this time period.
Now, it seems I was employing a Best Practice! Yup, pun intended.
As Bob Phipps says here:
I’m often asked what is one of the best practices from successful retailers. It’s simple. They get rid of the bad employees sooner. Termination is just part of the retail hiring process.
Read his message.
Photo from this user on Flickr
Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged daily operations, employees, resale shopkeeping, small business, success | 2 Comments »
I love this (lightly-edited) quote from Shauna Niequist and I should have posted it here on my birthday. But it was International Resale Day, and I was busy doing my bit for the industry by shopping my little heart out. Sad to say, I didn’t find any pink shoes, but that’s okay. It gives me a chance to keep shopping, and to keep making God laugh.
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