It’s all too tempting, when a consignment, resale, thrift shop deals in home goods, to use the for-sale furniture as a handy surface
on which to plop things. And thus do no favors to (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘merchandising’
Before and After: Stuff on Furniture
Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accessories, home decor, merchandising on November 11, 2010| 2 Comments »
Spelling it out for consignment and resale shops
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on October 25, 2010| 2 Comments »
Using shop windows to add information, permanent or temporary, is a natural. In fact, if your windows have nothing on them, you’re missing a great marketing opportunity. Here are some embellished (more…)
Deja Vuesday: Consignment & resale…even thrift…stores could attract more teen buyers
Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, customers, merchandising on October 12, 2010|
Now that most college and university towns are full up again with students…
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…and high-school students have sorted out what they want to wear this semester…
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is it time you (more…)
Are you boring the sox off your potential customers?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accessories, advertising, blogging, merchandising, web on September 11, 2010| 6 Comments »
Consignment, resale and thrift shops have ever-changing selection, and that’s a strong selling point visually, in the photos we use on our web sites and blogs.
Alas, sometimes though, when we’re taking photos of our shop, we bore the sox off our customers.
Just taking a quick shot (more…)
Tags = Sales. Does that make your consignment or resale shop a tag sale?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Weekend Warrior, tagged merchandising, web on August 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
Another Weekend Warrior Idea.
This weekend, why not increase the value of your shop’s merchandise photos with a little craftiness?
We’ve talked about (more…)
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