Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, competition, selling, success on January 12, 2010| 3 Comments »
It’s quite possible we’ll be looking at a shortage of good quality incoming, what with the “difficult economic times” now going 
into its second or third year. Consumers aren’t buying as much, and when they do they buy cheap…cheap as in stuff that is basically not resalable. What to do? Well, you might consider
Why sell (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, consignors, web on January 5, 2010| 10 Comments »
Today’s post for consignment and resale shop owners was going to be about now being a good time to make consignor agreement changes.
I went looking and found some agreements that made me cringe. Wording that shows that the writer forgot the REASON for putting her/his info on the web: to entice potential clients to come to the shop.
So today let’s talk about how your agreement is presented. Without careful consideration, your wording can sound like (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, buy-outright, consignors, profit on December 30, 2009| 11 Comments »
Recently some consignment, buy-outright, and thrift shop owners and managers have been debating about
If a consignment shop is left with unsold, un-reclaimed goods, what should be done with these?
If a buy-outright shop pays low prices for goods offered them and then (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, christmas, holidays on December 30, 2009|
It might be…if you buy holiday items from your clientele NOW…You can do this whether you’re a consignment shop or a BOR. You’ll need to let them know via broadcast email, Twitter, Facebook:
…and you need (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, christmas, holidays on December 25, 2009| 3 Comments »
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