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Inspiration from all over

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 31, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s best to wander the web, or magazines and home decor books, with (more…)

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Deja Vuesday: Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without

Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on January 24, 2012| 2 Comments »

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.coM

We resalers are a thrifty lot, are we not? We embody the 21st-century version of the Depression saying

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without

and we’re (more…)

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New use for old entertainment centers

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on December 28, 2011| 12 Comments »

Okay, for all of your furniture consignment shops, resale home decor places, non-profit thrift stores who get all those entertainment centers in…. that no one wants anymore.

I’ll bet you’re tired of suggesting to customers they could be turned into home offices

or pantries.

Or even laundry room organizers.

So here’s a new idea. Super-cute play kitchen (notice the poster as window! And the chandelier! I would have killed for my very own chandelier at that age.)

Entertainment center turned.... well, entertainment center, right?

Printing these ideas out, slipping them into a plastic sleeve or plexi sign holder to inspire browsers… might sell a few of those behemoths.

My thanks to Susan Carleton, who posted the pink kitchen photo on her Pinterest page and got me started on this. Warning! Don’t go to Pinterest. Even though I’m on it too. You’ll go on wondrous journeys throughout the internet while your laundry will mildew, your family members starve, and the hair on your legs will drape over your tennies.
 
Click the photos for sources… some of THEM, have their sources….

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Your shop feeling kinda ho-ho’d out?

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on December 5, 2011|

See this video of ideas from a NFP thrift chain, Thrift Town, and see if it doesn’t spark a little push of holiday enthusiasm in your merchandising!

(Another of their videos. I’d create my own version of this for next December… with lyrics as captions. And maybe VIP customers? Wouldn’t that filming be a great WOM event?)

Flickr photo from 427

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The best ideas come from friends.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on December 1, 2011|

Consignment shopkeepers visiting another shop on NARTS Conference bus tour.Doesn’t it seem like the best ideas for your consignment, resale, or thrift shop come from other (more…)

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