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Is your resale shop setting up hurdles?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, daily operations, resale shopkeeping on November 7, 2011| 6 Comments »
How do you recycle your own stuff?
Posted in economics of resale, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, HowToConsign.com, Thrift on July 18, 2011| 7 Comments »
So you’ve decided that jacket isn’t very useful. Or those jeans, terribly flattering. Or your kids have outgrown those toys and your spouse hates that lamp.
How do you, as a consignment shop owner, a resale proprietor, or a thrift shop manager, recycle your own stuff? Do you take it in to your own shop or do you use another? And which and why?
If a family member across the continent mentions the clear-out-clutter kick she’s on, what do you advise her to do with gently-used, previously-loved items?
Me, since I buy almost everything used, I often take things to the Goodwill or Habitat ReStore in my neighborhood. Third-hand stuff’s not always very consignable, is it?
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Consigning prom attire: Getting it in
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, advertising, email on February 17, 2011| 2 Comments »
You know you need lots of prom dresses, and even more accessories, to make a big splash in your consignment, resale, or thrift shop this year…but
it’s all too easy for your suppliers to forget
that they have such things to pass on to another. It’s imperative that you remind them…and let them know that they can Turn Their Cluttered Closets into Cash as HowToConsign.com says!
Don’t hesitate (more…)
Trying something new…in used stuff.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, merchandising on February 11, 2011| 4 Comments »
A suggestion for consignment, resale, and thrift shops:
Add a little pizzazz to your shop. While you’re changing seasons is a great time to go
Weird & Wonderful.
Think about it, or get out the results from your last Customer Survey and take a look at why your customers shop resale. One of the reasons people tell me they love to shop the small, independently-owned secondhand-merchandise places is because they can (more…)
Winter is OVER. I mean, OOO-VER!
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, buy-outright, selling on January 24, 2011| 2 Comments »
Winter is OVER. I mean, OO-VER!
Your consignment or resale or thrift shop may have some dregs of winter merchandise left. You really want to get rid of them because spring…in a retail sense of course…is just around the corner. But before you turn your back on those 90%-off racks, consider them a tool to refine your business. These underloved unsold leftovers can be (more…)
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