Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged consignors, resale shopkeeping on December 13, 2010|
Great little blog entry from a consignor’s point of view. <Click to see what she has to say. I love “eavesdropping” on our audience like this, don’t you?
And she mentions something that really got me thinking.This (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping on November 18, 2010|
If they're providing the gilt and the horsepower, might as well jump on.
Are consignment, resale and thrift shops able to take advantage of the Small Business Saturday (November 27 2010) promotional events?
If you’re just (more…)
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…)
Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, Thrift on September 27, 2010| 11 Comments »
In last week’s Anniversary Celebration, we had dozens of resale and consignment shopkeepers
offer up ideas to hundreds of their peers. They help others because sharing not only helps their individual shops, but because they know that
But there are few not-for-profit (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged holidays, perceived value, resale shopkeeping on September 19, 2010| 12 Comments »
Yes, I have quite a consignment career BEHIND me.
This week I will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of opening my consignment shop.
THIRTY-FIVE years! That means (oh lordy) that the grandchildren of the children who were outfitted by one more time back in 1975…are now FOURTH-GENERATION resale fans.
If you too (more…)
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