On Sharing today, some consignment and resale store 
owners were discussing what happens when new competition comes into your marketplace. In this particular discussion, large thrift stores were the newcomers, but really, any competition, from the designer consignment boutique to the junk-shop variety, can cast a pall upon your attitude and your (more…)
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Shopping Resale: Is it perfectly natural in your town?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition on June 18, 2009|
Razzle-Dazzle Them: Your New Year’s Resolution?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, display, merchandising on December 29, 2007| 7 Comments »
If there’s one thing that I wish every Too Good to be Threw resaler, heck, every RETAILER, would resolve to do in the upcoming year, it’s to polish up their shop so that it razzle-dazzles their clientele.
Shopping used to be a joy. It was FUN. They made jokes about the ladies in the department stores squirting perfume. They ohhed-and-ahhed over the fantasy Toyland at Macy’s. Women looked forward to (more…)
We just did what every other store in our city does.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition on June 9, 2007| 1 Comment »
When I asked a brand-new shop why she was doing something I thought ineffectual and even damaging to her future success, and received the reply We just did what every other store in our city does, I figured it was high time to address the copycat syndrome, which I like to call the Kiss of Death.
If you’re thinking of starting up any sort of retail venture, the absolute sure Kiss of Death is to do things the same way your competition does. (This probably applies to non-retail businesses as well, but let’s stay on topic here.)
Think about it: why does your area need another place just like the other place? Why would their (more…)
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