Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, Halloween, holidays, merchandising, perceived value, Thrift on August 1, 2018|
Who loves a party? We do!
What gets us in a festive mood?
Decorations, doo-dads, dressing for holidays… the whole, real-life experience of being immersed in the holiday spirit. New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, Easter, everyone’s birthday and anniversary and bridal showers and oh my!
And you don’t get that joy shopping at Amazon or any of those online consignment vendors…
So let’s USE the advantage
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged Facebook, holidays, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling on May 4, 2018|
How many of your customers have mothers? Are mothers? Have people on their lives who are like mothers to them?
But heck, even if your stats are, say, only 86% have/are/love mothers….
2018: Mother’s Day spending to reach $23.1 billion. According to NRF’s annual survey, 86 percent of Americans will celebrate Mother’s Day this year and spend an average of $180 per person. — National Retail Federation
So let’s look at (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, profit, resale shopkeeping on December 26, 2017|
Yup, December 26. In the spirit of naming days in regard to their seasonal consumerism (Black Friday? Cyber Monday?), December 26 should be The Day of Disappointment.
However wonderful your December 25 might have been (hopefully, was!) with family and friends, fellowship and good cheer, wonderful food and drink…. if you didn’t receive what you really wanted chances are, on December 26, you’ll be out seeking that which
Which is where you,
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, resale shopkeeping on December 18, 2017|
What strikes fear into the heart of every Christmas gifter this week? Stocking stuffers! What do you have loads of? Stocking stuffers! Here’s how to match ’em up quickly.
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Small-town girl? (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, profit, resale shopkeeping on December 14, 2017|
I recently opened a broadcast email from a consignment shop owner which offered a deal. She wrote:
Now, think about this. A holiday gift-giver has decided that she’ll purchase a $100 gift certificate for her mother, daughter, employee or friend. You tell her she can have it, and KEEP $10.
As opposed to an offer like
Now what’s the difference in these two offers?
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