Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, daily operations, display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on July 31, 2017|
In between seasons, your shop can look a little, well, empty. And we can’t have THAT. After all, you don’t want customers asking
One solution is to remove racks from the sales floor, but that’s a pain and where will you store them and anyway (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, merchandising, resale shopkeeping on July 19, 2017| 3 Comments »
Definition: A passage between shelves of goods. A longitudinal division of an interior area. A long narrow gap that people can walk along. “There is no sitting allowed in the aisle.”
In other words, some pretty (more…)
Posted in Functional Friday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling on July 14, 2017| 2 Comments »
It was bad enough when women’s jeans were sized in junior or missy sizes.
But adding the waist measurement, as they did a few years back? Madness.
Not to mentionthe variety of fit between manufacturers. And we ALL know that of all clothing, fit is the most important in denim. And that of all gently-used things to buy… jeans are the BEST.
Dare you sort your sizing by XS/S/M/L/XL? I would, but some shopkeepers get intimidated by shoppers with “size prejudice”… you know, those customers who insist they are always a 00 and are offended that you include 0 in your XS section.
If that’s an issue with your staff you might want to do as Karin Smith of Found in Canada does: get out your Sharpie and make yourself some “equivalent” markers, so at least you can put the waist/size under one marker.
Here’s Miss Me.
And Gap.
And Levis.
EVERYone’s confused. And all they want is a pair or 3 of jeans that make them look fabulous…
It might be wise… or at least sophisticated… to have a framed equivalency chart for European sizing as well.
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged display, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, selling, success on July 6, 2017| 4 Comments »
3 reasons YOU need a swing shop:
1- You can focus attention on specific categories or styles to keep them moving
2- A swing shop keeps
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged merchandising, NARTS Conference, resale shopkeeping, small business, starting a consignment shop on June 29, 2017| 3 Comments »
One of the most fun parts of NARTS Conference is always the Resale Bus Tour, where we descend en masse at willing NARTS member shops, poking into back rooms, eating cupcakes, asking questions and shopping!
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 