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What $50 will buy you in consignment & resale stores

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on September 26, 2012| 7 Comments »

Resale, consignment, thrift: a MOUNTAIN of great stuff!

Resale, consignment, thrift: a MOUNTAIN of great stuff!

Recently, I challenged (and bribed*) thrift, resale, and consignment shops to get together, and post on their Facebook pages,

What $50 gets you resale-wise

Some fun answers came in. Click through to get some ideas of what shopkeepers came up with (and be sure to click on the photos themselves to see their friends and fans’ comments on their FB pages!):

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The brightest “Kloset” I’ve seen!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on September 19, 2012| 6 Comments »

Had a great visit to a fun, Florida-bright shop recently, Kay’s Kloset in Punta Gorda FL. Let me take you on a photo tour (all photos can be clicked to be seen in a larger format):

Entrance to this consignment shop visited by TGtbT.comPunta Gorda FL was hit by a horrendous hurricane, so all new construction is raised above possible flood levels. In this shopping center, that means ramps… the main one of which sends all shoppers directly to the front door of Kay’s Kloset. By the way, the landlord searched Kay out, because he wanted the traffic Kay’s would bring to his center!

Kay's Kloset's award!No doubt about whether they’re open… and they won best of their county, too!

The staff of Kay's KlosetBonnie’s the blonde part-timer, and Kay’s the friendly owner of Kay’s Kloset, there to greet us in the colorful, bright, and spanking-clean womenswear shop. Kay is active (more…)

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Optimizing your Web Site for Resale Shoppers, Day One: Your Front Door

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 30, 2012| 7 Comments »

This is a mini-series of posts about making your consignment, resale, or thrift shop’s do what you want it to do:

to get shoppers into your actual, physical, bricks-&-mortar, REAL store.

This is an aspect of web design that is not usually talked about (more…)

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It’s that time of year again…

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 20, 2012| 1 Comment »

How to Switch Seasons Easily & Profitably

How to Switch Seasons in your consignment, resale, or thrift shopIf you have trouble every season-change with too much last-season, not enough this-season…or if your shop looks messy and disorganized every time you switch seasons…or if your business slows down “in between seasons”…then you need How to Switch Seasons Easily & Profitably

No matter what you sell, there is a season change, and it’s more important than you think. Don’t be content to coast through season changes: use them to boost your business and your visibility. And if you’re not fully participating in the “Need Season”…you need this Product for the Professional Resaler!

Read about:
When does a selling season start?
When does a selling season END?
When to accept what? The Consignment Dilemma
The Buy-Outright Approach to Season Switches
Get New Season’s Goods in, IN Good Time! A Checklist
The Resalers’ Hidden Jewel: The Need Season
How to make your shop look “New Season”
The Ghastly Gap: That Empty Feeling…
Freshen up your shop with each seasonal change
What to do with leftovers
“The Other Season” Room
The Fifth Season
And those Short Seasons
Q & A Section

Get your PDQ file of Switching Seasons Pretty Darn Quick. Order it here. What’s a PDQ?

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Got an empty corner? No more do you.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on July 17, 2012| 3 Comments »

If you don’t follow Too Good to be Threw on Pinterest, or HowToConsign.com on Pinterest, you might have missed (more…)

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