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Resale with a Twist

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on September 14, 2014| 3 Comments »

Resale shop Rust&FoundThere are many ways to participate in the consignment, resale and thrift industry. Here’s one that might intrigue you:

Rust&Found

in Canal Fulton OH. Rust&Found has a storefront… that is open for one 3-day weekend a month… the rest of the time is finding things to sell, prepping them, even re-inventing them. (Take a look at her Before & Afters!)

Looks like a great way to be a junkin’ fool… and have the shop support your habit! I so admire industry peers like this: re-purposing, saving useful things, and

showing the public how wonderful recycling can be!

 

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Shopper Stoppers

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on September 1, 2014| 1 Comment »

Put down that gun.

The tagging gun, of course. Or the broom, dishcloth, your phone.

Watch the next 6 potential customers who walk through your shop door. Who’s wandering aimlessly… and who wanders right out again, never having been stopped by a display, a sign, a swing shop… or even a single piece of exceptionally interesting merchandise? Why didn’t they stop? Could it be that your shop is not putting its best party face forward?

One of the goals in your consignment or resale shop should be to

stop shoppers in their tracks.

Look at all the shopper-stoppers I found in this one photo!

Ideas for your consignment or resale shop from Auntie Kate

More Shopper Stoppers, from the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest pages:

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When you run into a wall… use it!

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on July 21, 2014|

The walls of your consignment or resale shop can be the most valuable real estate in your location… if you use them well!

Or do your walls look like this?

 

These empty walls just cry for some Shop Sizzle, says Kate Holmes of TGtbT.com

Imagine all the selling, and “stage-setting”, that could be going on on these empty walls. Enough to make a grown shopkeeper cry.

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A few ideas for inspiration, if your walls are not pulling their own weight:

Don’t you love the book-page wall treatment?

If you have a carpenter in the family, or own stock in Ikea, wouldn’t this wall be a wow in your shop?

Don’t you love the hanging shoes? Breaking up a wall like this is very useful in resale, since we tend to have related batches, rather than rack after rack of the same item.

Now, your walls don’t have to be chock-a-block with merchandise, if that’s not your style.

Here’s a gorgeous example from Misred, a shop in St. Pete FL:

Simple but attractive wall display area, from AuntieKate.wordpress.comLoving the painted (stenciled? wall decal?) tree with a hook, the small platform/ “planter” that grounds it, and the careful eye that created the above-rack displays!

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Got boobs?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 9, 2014| 2 Comments »

If you deal in womenswear consignment, resale, or thrift, you need boobs.

These boobs, I mean.

Bust forms make slinky clothes look... slinky not saggy, says Auntie Kate of TGtbT.com

These lightweight molded forms enhance everything from wedding gowns to prom dresses to summer frocks.

Bust forms make even humble garments look better. Imagine how nice this would have been with them:

Bust forms are a must for any consignment, resale or thrift womenswear shop, says TGtbT.com

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The resale industry’s most popular pins!

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on May 8, 2014|

If you don’t get a chance to follow Too Good to be Threw on Pinterest, here’s a quick report on our most popular pins there. Of course, this is “subject to change”, since we’re always finding great visual aids that could “help YOUR SHOP be all you dream it can be”!

Imagine this: book cases lined up: use the center space for double or triple hung items, shelves for folded onesies, baskets of booties, baby shower gift things, add an awning and Voila! A “Grandparents’ Corner” in your consignment, resale or thrift shop!

Grandparents' Corner with bookcases!

 

This mirror tray trimmed in bits and bobs of jewelry really caught consumers’ eyes. If you’re not saving and baggie-ing up broken pretties for crafts, you might be inspired to do so!

Recycle broken jewelry into a grorgeous vanity tray!

Another pin that tickled lots of fancies. I wrote: One of my fav vintage looks. If the cheapy frames you find don’t have their “original” hanging wires, just add your own. Great display window backdrop (w/fashion photos) or in your entryway with anything you like: care tips, clever sayings, customer snapshots…

Recycling vintage frames in a casual manner!

For sources on these pins, please click each.

Which pins on the Too Good to be Threw Boards have been most inspiring to you? We’d all love to hear!  Comment, below!

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