Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling on August 6, 2013| 4 Comments »
Some resale, thrift and consignment shopkeepers so loved the attention-getting ideas from an earlier post about getting shoppers into your back room, that they wanted ideas on actually how to
At first thought, this is kinda weird, huh? But (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling on July 27, 2013| 1 Comment »
Hope all my consignment, resale and thrift shopkeeper friends are merchandising summer still… this is the time of year when folks need just a few more things to get them through til fall, and resale is often the ONLY place to find something “for this weekend”, once the malls start stocking corduroy!
You’ll probably have to (more…)
Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping on May 8, 2013| 26 Comments »
I’ve been planning a Product for the Professional Resaler about, specifically, running a Designer Consignment shop recently. Lots of shops want the designer, exclusive buzz and shop branding … but have no desire to have (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on May 6, 2013| 7 Comments »
Every consignment, resale and thrift shop on the planet, it seems, needs more space. Space for merchandise, space for marketing, advertising space. Space to impress and lure shoppers inside.
And yet, so many shops don’t use the 45 to 120 or more square feet right in front of their noses. And more importantly, in front of their potential customers’ noses.
What am I talking about? (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, Thrift on April 29, 2013| 7 Comments »
And what can a customer do with odd plates? Well, a perennially popular idea is the wall of plates, as seen in this Pin from the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest Boards (it’s been repinned 82 times!):
Source: mmmcrafts.blogspot.com via Kate on Pinterest
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But many shoppers, although they love the look, hesitate to collect plates for their own decor for two reasons:
Solve both problems when a volunteer with an artistic eye creates sets of plates that a customer can buy! That’s what Top Drawer Finds did, listing this on Etsy:
This is a fabulous idea, whether you sell in-store or on-line. And you’ll note, I am sure, that these components are making your shop more money than if they were stashed in some cardboard box under the men’s suits with a “50-cents each” sign… don’t you agree? Thanks, Top Drawer, for bringing this merchandising idea to our attention!
Explore what Too Good to be Threw is telling your potential shoppers about using secondhand goodies in their home decor, at the consumer-oriented HowToConsign “Home with a History” Pin Board!
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
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