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Posts Tagged ‘promotions’
Celebrate your consignment (or resale or thrift!) anniversary
Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged learn a lot, promotions, resale shopkeeping on June 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Local Festival? Get your shop name out!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged promotions, resale shopkeeping, shop local on April 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Outfit a gregarious staffer in a gorgeous butterfly scarf and set her free at any public gathering to show off her finery… and to hand out “Shed Your Cocoon and BE the beautiful butterfly you want to be when you shop at MyShop!” coupons.
Extra points if her face is painted and if she hands out butterfly stickers to all and sundry.
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Celebrate the end (?) of winter in your consignment shop
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged promotions, resale shopkeeping on March 7, 2019| 2 Comments »
Resalers need to be financially and marketing-wise, smart about their in-store promotions.
Giving away small but memorable (more…)
What better symbol for resale… than a St. Patrick’s pot of gold?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, display, promotions on February 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A rainbow (of color, style, sizes, brands) ending in a pot of gold (value, desire, fashion!)…
the symbol of good luck is synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day.
And of course, the treasure- seeking aspect is what (more…)
After-Christmas Bonanza for Resale!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, profit, promotions, resale shopkeeping, success on December 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Okay, so you haven’t had time to catch your breath yet. There’s hay to make in the holiday sunshine, so schedule that deep breath for a few weeks in the future:
You have business to cultivate!
Here’s money-makers, reputation-polishers, and heck, just
Christmas Promo for Consignment & Resale: St. Nick!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, promotions on November 26, 2018| 1 Comment »
Jolly old St. Nicholas brings treats for shopkeepers
On December 6 (or December 5 or December 19, it’s complicated) is St. Nicholas’ birthday. This saint known for gift-giving morphed, along with his name in Dutch Sinterklaas, into, of course, Santa Claus.
So what does all this history, you may ask, have to do with selling resale merchandise?
Shoes.
Yup, that’s it. Traditionally, children put out their shoes to be filled with either coins/candy/small gifts or coal/twigs, depending on the child’s behavior that year.
So…
How’s about a shoe promo? Raise your best pairs on risers of assorted heights, sprinkle golden coins all around, and sign it
St. Nick filled folks’ shoes with coins on December 6. WE save you coins all year round with our FAB shoe selection!
Imagine golden coins/ tokens tossed throughout this display….
More about jolly old St. Nick on Wikipedia. More display/social media photo suggestions in The Big Book of Window Displays.
Send them on a Treasure Hunt!
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, promotions, resale shopkeeping on October 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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