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Wacky Wednesday Giveaway: Kissin’ the Blarney Stone

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on March 17, 2010| 17 Comments »

3-22-10: Update: there will be no winner this week of the Wacky Wednesday Giveaway because the minimum participation was not reached.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! And it’s Wacky Wednesday too…how lucky can we get??

Wacky Weds is our free Giveaway for consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners/ managers.

This week’s question for consignment and resale shopkeepers, which makes you eligible for our free Giveaway is:

What’s your favorite Blarney when you need to tell a supplier that you are not interested in accepting a particular incoming piece of merchandise? For example, (more…)

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Is it easy to be a consignor or supplier in your shop?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on March 12, 2010| 1 Comment »

How hard is itOnce she gets into that closet, you need to make it easy for her to consign

to bring merchandise into your shop, for the client who’s cleaning closets, clearing cupboards, coaxing calmness out of the chaos of the basement or attic? Since spring cleaning season is fast upon us, it behooves you to re-examine your procedures.

Make it easy by:

  • Not making it hard to time their visit (more…)

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Ready to be overwhelmed with incoming?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 5, 2010|

You can help your consignment customers recycle.Soon your shop will be bursting with great incoming goods for the new season.And some not-so-great.

Whether you consign or buy outright, or even operate a donation-only thrift store, you see (more…)

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See? I TOLD you it wasn’t an NTY!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on January 17, 2010| 2 Comments »

See? I TOLD you it wasn’t an NTY! And here you were, refusing all those lovely afghans when you could have been selling them to celebrities…or at least celebrities’ wardrobe assistants.

As the Daily Mail in the UK said,

Cate Blanchett looks a (more…)

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Wacky Wednesdays Begin TODAY: Win Something!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 13, 2010| 28 Comments »

Wacky ideas for resalers welcome at AuntieKate the Blog

Today’s the start of a new feature here on Auntie Kate the Blog/ where Kate gets to hector, lecture, and browbeat the good shopkeepers of Resale-dom. It’s Wacky Wednesday!

All you have to do to be entered into our random drawing is add your helpful comment to this post. What’s your thought, your idea, your angle on today’s topic?

Today’s topic: Spring!

What are you (more…)

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