Every change of season, we get swamped with consignors, sellers, and donors bringing in not just some stuff, but SOME STUFF. As in piles of, armloads of, basketsful, SUVsful. So I am thinking that (more…)
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I’m guessing this might be a timely article for right now.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, daily operations on April 15, 2013| 1 Comment »
Love those Facebook Fans? Well, you have to love them BACK.
Posted in Kudos: Ideas to inspire!, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, consignment, web on March 28, 2013| 3 Comments »
Every consignment, resale, and thrift shop in the country seems to value their fans of their Facebook business page highly. They rejoice that, with little effort and seldom an expense, they can reach so many people so often.
Or can they?
There’s a universe of information out there about how to get full value out of all those fans you’ve collected, but here’s the simplest and most effective way:
Love ’em back.
Give them a reason to actually look for and remember your FB posts, in a way that will directly lead to sales in your shop. Here’s a good example, (more…)
Bribing them to clean their closets on time.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, consignors, resale shopkeeping on March 7, 2013|
Getting in the new season’s consignments when your customers want to BUY it, rather than when your consignors want to clear it, is always a challenge.
See how one chain motivates their consignors… with a bigger cut and with some “reward money.”
Deja Vuesday: Don’t fool yourself in your consignment shop
Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, profit, success on February 19, 2013|
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Spring is just around the corner… which means mountains of incoming consignments. If you have quantity issues at the beginning of each season, this Deja Vu post is worth reading or rereading, to alert you (and your merchandise evaluators as well!) to “unintended consequences” that might befall your bottom line. Click to see a lesson that surprised even a veteran shopkeeper:
Kate Learns Something New
“Trying to consign clothes is not worth the effort.”
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, consignors, success on January 29, 2013| 7 Comments »
Want to know what potential consignors really think of the whole process?
Eavesdrop on this no-holds-barred conversation (more…)
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