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Stop Giving Cash Off in your Consignment Shop NOW

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on November 6, 2009| 16 Comments »

STOP giving cash away in your shopNo more $5 off a $35 purchase or $10 off a $50 purchase or whatever you have been doing; STOP IT RIGHT NOW.

Really.

At least for now.

Here’s what you do instead:

You give (more…)

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Pumpkins all put away? Ready for a Merry Recycled Holiday?

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on November 2, 2009|

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Yes, you can have as great a gift-buying, celebration-supplying business as the “real” stores. Read about:
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I’ll bet you thought I forgot all about the princess.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on October 9, 2009|

Well, a vampire, as mentioned earlier today here on Auntie Kate The Blog, is a pretty easy costume to pull together at any consignment or resale shop. But a princess?

At last, a use for all those ugly bridesmaid dresses. (Quick, a trip to Goodwill may be in your future…as well as a replenishing, if need be, of your costumer rack!)

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A blog to turn your Consignment, Resale, and Thrift customers on to!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on September 22, 2009|

Make sure your customer Have an Eco- & Budget-Friendly Holiday this year!stnick and girl

The holidays are a time for joy and celebration, not worrying about the waste you’re creating on the planet and the wreck it might make of your family budget. We’ll explore, together, 100 ways to have a festive and waste-free holiday, brought to you courtesy of HowToConsign.com and its resale shop sponsors.

So says our newest blog. Even if your shop is not yet a Sponsor at HowToConsign.com, wouldn’t you like to let your (more…)

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Christmas is Past.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on December 28, 2008| 6 Comments »

Nothing sadder than the picked-over remains of holiday goods.  We just started the policy that the consignment period for holiday-specific goods ends the day after the holiday, no matter when in the preceding 60 days the item came in. We’ve done this now for Halloween and Thanksgiving, and yesterday, Dec. 27, was clear-out day for Christmas.

christmas-dregsThis is what the “holiday aisle” at Woman’s Exchange, a not-for-profit consignment shop, looked like at 9:30 am Saturday morning.  All of these items, unsold and unclaimed, have now become donations, and we need to remove them from the selling floor to make room for “real” stuff. Since the shop’s in Sarasota, January through March is actually our busiest time of year and boy, do we need the space!

Dressed in black (I was doing the whole anti-Santa thing, taking Christmas away!) I got started with my trusty little cart. Away with the old, in with the even older! (You’ll see what I mean in a minute.) (more…)

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