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Posts Tagged ‘holidays’
Buy One Gift One…perfect consignment shop holiday promo.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, promotions, Thrift on November 29, 2009| 3 Comments »
Recycling, regifting and repurposing previously- cherished…
Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays on November 21, 2009| 2 Comments »
Need a holiday poster for your consignment, resale, thrift shop?
Here’s one for you, from me, to wish you a happy holiday and a Merry Thrifty one too!
Download the full-size file at TGtbT.com as a .jpg or a PDF. Print it out. Use it wherever you choose: windows, door, dressing rooms, in sign holders in your NWT gift swing shop.
Heck, it would make a terrific postcard too, wouldn’t it? Even printed out on glossy paper as a cover to your press release kit about shopping resale for the season. Please leave the HTC address on it to acknowledge our industry site as the creator of this gift to you.
Hiding your (holiday) lights under a bushel.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, email, holidays on November 20, 2009|
Okay, so you’ve planned a Local Artist’s Fair for the Saturday before Thanksgiving in your consignment shop.
Great! Count on me!
I’ll be there. Look at those terrific offerings in the email body text. What resale shopper in her right mind wouldn’t (more…)
How to write to Santa
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, email, holidays on November 15, 2009| 1 Comment »
How to write to Santa: Now THAT’s an eye-catching email headline from your consignment or resale shop right about now!
And best of all, it’s an email you won’t even have to write…because it’s already been done…as a note from the USPS.
Or create a handout available in your shop for customers to take home, post on their work bulletin boards, give to family members.
With suitable holiday and shop embellishment it’s a fun and practically free handout for distribution to your clientele. Using holiday stationery (try your local office supply big box or even a dollar store for pre-designed paper) for your handout makes it a festive take-home with your shop’s info on it.
The info is available here.
Why Consignment & Resale Shops Shouldn’t Give Up the (Christmas) Ghost
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays on November 8, 2009| 2 Comments »
I hope you’re knee-and-elbow deep in Christmas (Holiday, Hanukkah, Winter
Solstice etc) planning this weekend. I hope your expectations for the holiday selling period in your consignment (resale, thrift etc) shop are great.
But I suspect they are not. And worse, I suspect that your very expectations are going to be self-fulfilling.
If you do not (more…)
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