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An acquaintance, with a browse-worthy shop in a tourist destination, said (more…)
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For those Be Back days in your consignment, resale, thrift shop
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged coupons, sea of sameness, selling on September 6, 2012| 6 Comments »
Do you have “be back” days? You know, those days when you have plenty of browsers, but few buyers?
Be playful… it causes Word of Mouth!
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged kidswear, sea of sameness, Thrift on July 3, 2012| 1 Comment »
I went out this morning to mail my TGtbT.com orders, and encountered (more…)
The Realreal. For real?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged competition, resale shopkeeping, sea of sameness on June 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
Fascinating business model, that even bricks-&-mortar stores can learn from. For example:
You can’t shop (more…)
Kate’s Mailbag: Finding a unique source to fulfill customer needs
Posted in Mailbox: 1-on-1 Advice, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, sea of sameness, shop local on May 14, 2012| 4 Comments »
Kerri wrote:
I offer free giftwrapping in my store. We’re getting more and more customers ask if we sell cards–kid’s birthday, baby shower, etc. to go along with the wrapping, and we do not have any at this time. Does anyone have a reasonably priced source for cards? Thanks in advance.
I’m sure that some of our shopkeepers have some wholesale resources to share with Kerri, but here’s a nifty (more…)
Just thought I’d share….
Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Kudos: Ideas to inspire!, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accessories, learn a lot, merchandising, sea of sameness on April 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
Cute idea I saw yesterday in a consignment shop.
They’d used pastel playing cards as earring cards!
They’d used pastel playing cards as earring cards.
They were simply in a rectangular box, but imagine how cute the idea would be clipped on a clothesline:
Pastel clothespins to display the carded earrings
I suspect the playing cards I saw were found at a dollar store, so keep an eye out. Imagine, that would be less than 2 cents per “earring” card!
Card photo from kardwell.com; clothespins available at Oriental Trading.
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