There are so many things we’d like to do to improve our resale or consignment or thrift shop, aren’t there.
Sometimes it can be overwhelming.
Overwhelming to the point of causing (more…)
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Got 5 minutes? 115 ways to invest in your consignment or resale shop.
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success on September 29, 2014| 9 Comments »
Learn from the Big Guys
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News, tagged merchandising, resale shopkeeping, small business, web on September 21, 2014| 2 Comments »
You’ve read the news. “X.com has garnered $Ymill for start up costs on online consignment shop.” “Venture capitalists drawn to online resale sites.”
And the GOOD part of all this for us, the B&M/ and maybe a bit online shop? They’re (more…)
Creepy Coupons & Dastardly Discounts
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged coupons, customers, Halloween, holidays, promotions, resale shopkeeping on September 19, 2014| 4 Comments »
Consignment and resale and thrift shops love discounting… or rather, we are smart enough to know our customers love “outsmarting” us by “finding the deals” in our shops.
And using coupons is one more way we can help our customers feel smart. An X-dollar-off or a percentage off
coupon is a great way to let your shopper feel empowered
A Rose by any other name…?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, Twitter, web on September 17, 2014| 2 Comments »
It’s best to use the same business name for all your social media outlets.
But it can gobble up the best part of a day to check availability of a name you’d like to use, right? Like SerendipitySue is available at Facebook but not on Twitter, okay at Google but not WordPress or eBay. What a LOT of work.
Fret no longer! (more…)
Deja Vuesday: What to do when.
Posted in Deja Vuesday, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, small business on September 16, 2014|
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WHAT’s productive when?
That’s a tricky question in our industry. After all, we have a minute-to-minute balancing act between (more…)
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