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School started yesterday.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on August 25, 2009| 1 Comment »

clipequip1At least here it did. Kindergarten through college. Maybe in your neck of the woods, school starts later. But it got me thinking, what with all of us being last-minute sorts: so here’s some last-minute, low-budget ideas to make your shop stand out from the crowd.

11 Things you can do NOW to get your consignment or resale shop noticed during the Back-to-School Buying Season (6 ideas for Kidswear shops and 5 for the rest of us ’cause everyone loves BTS!)

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Whatever happened to May Day?

Posted in Slices of (my) life, tagged on May 1, 2009| 2 Comments »

W090501paperbaskethen I was a tot, we celebrated May Day. We made little mini-baskets out of woven construction paper, put a few spring blossoms and a loving note in them, and hung them on friend’s door knobs early in the morning (or put them on their stoops if we didn’t get up early enough to claim the coveted door knob spot).

Such a nice tradition…

I even remember (more…)

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Just about EVERYONE is affected by CPSIA

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on January 28, 2009| 5 Comments »

Here at Auntie Kate the Blog, we’ve been talking about the flaw in the new 2009jan28everyonelaw known as CPSIA (the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ) and how it affects people who consign or sell their children’s items through our industry, the people who shop resale, and our cohorts the Craigslisters, the eBay merchants, and of course, our own small shops. (Scroll back through the last half-dozen entries her on my blog to read up.)

The law,  originally conceived for a great reason: “To protect our children”…has become, like a Federal Frankenstein, a terror in the night to (more…)

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Going to Prison. The crime? Recycling.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on January 13, 2009| 10 Comments »

prisonerAnd the misconceptions continue.

Well, that Consumer Protection Safety Commission press release that was specifically designed to mollify resalers, soothe the public, and shut ecologists up, seems to be working. Here’s that press release edited for clarity: “The new…law does not require resellers to test…However, resellers cannot sell children’s products that exceed the lead limit… Those resellers that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties.” The CPSC designed this press release solely to get people to stop flooding their phone lines and email. This is a press release. It CHANGES nothing.

This press release is a BAD thing because it is misleading. And it is an EVIL thing because it was DESIGNED to make the American public shut up and go away.

Professional resale shops have (more…)

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Your kids’ closets are full of hazardous waste

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on January 7, 2009| 7 Comments »

nakedbabyEvery piece of clothing in your children’s dresser drawers, in their closets, in your laundry pile and yes, even on their floors become banned hazardous substances by Federal law at one second past midnight February 10, 2009.

That’s what every single US Representative who voted, voted for, in the bill that has become the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act.

Any item not tested will be treated as a “banned hazardous substance” under the Federal Banned Substances Act and can not be legally sold in the United States after that date. Thus second hand clothes and toys sold at thrift and consignment stores will suddenly be considered “banned hazardous substances.” —The Shopping Queen Blog

While no one can be (more…)

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