Posted in Mailbox: 1-on-1 Advice, Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, display on November 23, 2009|
A resale shopkeeper asks:“I don’t have very good handwriting, but I need signs bigger than those I can make on my computer.
Help! I can’t afford the sign shop’s costs, not when I change my window signage every week!”
There’s several (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, display, merchandising on November 17, 2009| 4 Comments »
Flannel shirt, rhinestones, needs pressing. $190.
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…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, merchandising on November 9, 2009|
Big black hole. What a waste!
If you have a glass entry to your shop, you have one more display window than you realize.
Look at all that empty display area, just waiting to be filled last thing before you leave every evening!
Why not give after-hours strollers something to look at, something to admire and covet…or even something to tell them a bit more about your shop?
It’s not hard to do. It can be as simple as (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, resale shopkeeping on September 29, 2009| 16 Comments »
Could your consignment, resale, or thrift shop use two of these fantastic maternity display hangers?They are my highest-recommended way to make all clothing displays look and sell great. Store Supply Warehouse is now stocking this maternity version because TGtbTers asked for them (and Tom was at SourceMart in June because I suggested it to him!)
Store Supply Warehouse and TGtbT want YOU to sell maternity better so they are giving away free two pair of tummies! All you have to do is (more…)
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…)
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