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Lessons from the Internet: Amazon tempts sellers
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, daily operations on October 3, 2011|
Prepping consigned items for the sales floor
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, profit on September 24, 2011| 4 Comments »
Last week, TGtbT.com asked resalers how much… if any… grooming of incoming consignments is done in their shop. Here’s how shopkeepers responded. (more…)
Are you boring your employees right out the door?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping on September 19, 2011| 3 Comments »
Bored People Quit
The main reason people suddenly quit: boredom.
A few easy ways to detect boredom in your employees:
Changes in your employees’ daily routines, such as reduced productivity.
Finding yourself asking an employee “Are you bored?”
A person will tell you they’re bored, either directly or through subtle ways.There are ways to prevent boredom, fortunately:
Have your employees focus on projects that interest them.
Let your people experiment and find out what really excites them.
Don’t constantly dump dull, tedious tasks on them.
Limit interruptions.
Try to spread around meetings, phone calls, etc.
Keep your people in the loop.
STOP stopping!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignment, daily operations, resale shopkeeping on September 15, 2011| 24 Comments »
I have read an uncommon number of emails from consignment shops in the last week or two saying that they would not be accepting any incoming consignments for the next (fill in the blank) days because
they’re overwhelmed. (more…)
Time Lapse Discounts
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, employees, resale shopkeeping on September 6, 2011| 7 Comments »
Yesterday, we talked about how to structure that most common of employee benefits in the consignment and resale industry, employee discounts.
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