Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, web on May 23, 2010| 11 Comments »
How do you feel about paying for endorsements of your consignment, resale, thrift shop?
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Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, blogging, resale shopkeeping, web on April 12, 2010| 4 Comments »
Do you ever have the feeling that your suppliers need a better way than just words to learn how to consign or sell items to you? That you would like to communicate in a more personable manner?
This shopkeeper has! She’s created a whole series of 1+ minute videos designed to pre-educate her future customers. Take a look…
Click the YouTube logo in the lower right of the screen to see all of Kathy’s videos on her YouTube channel.
What could YOU do like this that would help make your consignment, resale, or donations-only shop better? Bet you have someone…in your family, circle of friends, or customers…who’d enjoy helping you with this! And it’s practically free.
I’ve even seen all-video blogs, a great way to communicate even if you don’t like to write.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged buy-outright, daily operations, resale shopkeeping on March 30, 2010|
At the start of a new season, some consignment shops are tempted to mix things up a bit…switching to being a buy-outright shop, or perhaps trying their hand at a little buying outright to see how it goes. After all, the profit potential is much higher…or is it?
take a look at this Resalers’ Resource, which will save you time, effort… and which will MAKE you money.
The BIG Book of Buying Outright includes, amongst other meanderings:
Buying Outright…is it for me?
Should I start my shop as a Buy-Outright?
How do I learn to buy outright?
How much should I pay?
How can I switch from consigning to buying?
Maintaining and Managing my Open-to-Buy
Face-to-Face with your Seller
How do other shopkeepers do it?
But still feeling that your intake procedures are a bit more cumbersome than you’d like? The Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing could be a time- and sanity-saver when all those folks spring clean and come in! Reinforce your decisions on whether something will sell to your clientele, and at what price, while presenting a confident and professional attitude to your suppliers.
Tired of hearing shoppers complain “It’s so crowded in here I can’t see anything”?
That really is the #1 complaint of your shoppers. How can you present more selection and build more value into your merchandise without busting out the walls? Maybe The Essential Guide to Using All Your Space will help.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, consignment, resale shopkeeping, seasonal sales, success on March 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
Read Part 1: Seasonal sales and their consignors
Volunteer spot-checkers...and spots they did find, but surprisingly few.
Today let’s look at how volunteers are a crucial part of making a seasonal sale workable, how they use and how they reward volunteers.
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Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, consignment, resale shopkeeping, seasonal sales on March 19, 2010| 9 Comments »
As you can guess, my answers to our headline question will be positively in the affirmative. But before we get to explicit idea-sharing, let’s take a look at one seasonal sale venture: the Just Between Friends event in Tampa, Florida. Follow me, year-round consignment and resale shops, as I explore:
Thanks to my Just Between Friends Sale HQ friends, Shannon and Daven and Michelle, as well as the Tampa-area franchise owners Holly and Christina Ruhlig (they’re married to brothers), I was invited to poke around at the JBF seasonal sale in Tampa this week.
A necessity for seasonal sales: laundry carts so consignors can put their own big items on the selling floor.
Seasonal sales depend on three groups: the consignors, the volunteers, and the franchisee owners. I think consignment, resale, and thrift store owners can learn from, teach, and work with seasonal sales, so let’s take a look at all three groups. First:
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Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 