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Wait! Maybe that’s NOT an NTY*!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on November 17, 2009| 4 Comments »

190 bucks

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 (more…)

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Real or fake designer bag? It can be hard to tell.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on April 22, 2009| 2 Comments »

Fake designer bags belong in the trash, not your consignment shop.Some advice to help avoid the fake designer handbag business (that goes beyond the ever-popular and exclusionary “buy in a real store”):

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Whither incoming?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on September 11, 2008| 2 Comments »

If consumers switch from luxury, designer, high-quality goods to discount-store brands because of all the economic woes they feel right now…what will that mean to incoming goods in consignment and resale shops 12 or 24 months from now? (more…)

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