Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop on January 28, 2014|
Does your consignment, resale or thrift shop sometimes overwhelm you with messiness?
Do you feel like you can never get your merchandise arranged in a shopper-friendly manner?
First, a nice fixture that has sold down (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, daily operations, resale shopkeeping, selling on January 14, 2014| 6 Comments »
As shopkeepers, we all strive to be kind and nice and friendly. We want our clients to be happy with our business policies and happy with us.
And how to find that balance is today’s (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, consignors, customers, daily operations, profit, resale shopkeeping, success on September 16, 2013| 17 Comments »
WHAT’s productive when?That’s a tricky question in our industry. After all, we have a minute-to-minute balancing act between incoming goods and shoppers… so which is more productive to ongoing success and profit
Working with consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers I remind them that their merchandise is worth zero until someone buys it… so there is a priority which is always true.
I like to teach the mantra PQRST to help them decide focus on what to do moment to moment:
What do you think? Would this be a valid part of not just your staff training, but your shop’s “corporate culture”? Agree or disagree? Let’s hear it, in the comments…
Illustration based on an original here.Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 12, 2013| 3 Comments »
While pondering how much
(and of course in your personal life) for consignment, resale and thrift shops (and of course every interaction in person or electronically) I ran across this little gem of a PDF
Could this booklet help you and your staff be happier, more productive, and more profitable? In addition to more polite, which will make your mother happier?
There’s more PDFs from this company here.
The free graphic is from avery.com
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, small business on September 9, 2013|
This business coach suggests (more…)
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 