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Now here’s a Gift Exchange Idea!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on November 28, 2012| 1 Comment »

Resale and thrift store gift exchangeMany consignment, thrift and resale stores have a holiday party, and most of these involve gift exchanges. While these are fun, they can also be fraught with “what was s/he thinking?” worries. If you’d rather have some fun and friendship, with a big side dish of community involvement, here’s an idea I really like.

Do your exchange the same way you have always done, but make this stipulation: the gift has to be something you think the recipient would have loved

as a child.

Consignment shop gift exchangeWhat will it be? Model cars? Paper dolls? A crib mobile that plays Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Do your darnedness, exchange gifts and laughs and funny stories of when you were a kid…

then pack the gifts all back up

and take them to your local charity’s toy drive.

Yup. THAT’s the

spirit of gift giving!

 
Thanks to green.autoblog.com for the car graphic, and Karen’s Whimsy for the paper dolls.

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Easy as 1-2-3: Your Holiday Gift Conundrum Solved

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on November 27, 2012| 3 Comments »

1.

Print out this page

2.

Select which items which will help your business thrive in 2013 and circle them

3.

Give this now-circled page to your spouse, significant other, life partner, parents, kids, having stapled to it, your “Life Wish List”… anything from a world cruise to the finest higher education you could wish for a child or grandchild… that you plan on earning with

your talents and a little guidance from Too Good to be Threw Products for the Professional Resaler.

There. Now everyone knows what you want for your present (and future!) And aren’t you happy you won’t be getting one of those cellophaned “Christmas towers” from Walmart.

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Gift Wrapping the Earth-Friendly Way

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on November 24, 2012| 2 Comments »

We all know how awful one-use wrapping paper is. (There’s better ways to present gifts than using dye-heavy paper, made of trees and chemicals and shipped around the world only to be regulated to the garbage within minutes. Never thought about it? Read this.)

(Side note: Make this topic into a promotion for your consignment, resale or thrift shop. Two ideas from Too Good to be Threw.)

So let’s use more eco-friendly paper and our imagination. Yes, kraft* paper can be not only interesting and fun, but beautiful. These ideas are from a Pinterest board of their own over on HowToConsign.com’s Pinterest.

* (Side note: Kraft paper is called that because the German word for “strong” is “kraft.” Kraft paper is made to be strong, which is why those brown paper bags from the grocery can each hold, oh, I dunno, about $160 worth of groceries.)

Kraft paper and circle-punched paint cards

Who doesn’t love polka dots? Kraft paper, paint sample cards, and a punch = sophisticated wrap!

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See dozens more Kraft paper gift wrap suggestions.

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Free holiday graphics for your blog, broadcast email, web site

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on November 19, 2012| 1 Comment »

A holiday gift for consignment, resale and thrift shops from TGtbT.comHere’s some nifty graphics you could use in your consignment, resale, or thrift shop web site or social media:

Volusion’s Collection has some very nice graphic signage

Christmas Graphics has some nice, basic pix, and they have animated gifs as well (and other holidays too!)

Pixabay is always my first go-to. Easily searched and sorted.

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Spend the next 4 days convincing your shoppers.

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on November 18, 2012| 3 Comments »

What will your shoppers be doing on Black Friday and “Small Business Saturday”? If you are like most consignment, resale, and thrifts shops,

you’re not looking forward to losing your customers

to the lure of the mall, the big boxes, and their “Gift Ideas Under $30” displays of bright glittery things.

Why? Why do you let the “no one shops secondhand for presents” belief stop you (more…)

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