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Consignment and Resale Display Inspiration

Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 9, 2010| 5 Comments »

Sometimes it’s a challenge to make the variety of home goods and furniture that come into your shop look good.

But oh, when there’s experts doing the arranging, the results can be spectacular.

Here’s a true treasure trove of inspiration, curated especially for the resale industry by Kate Holmes.

More ideas on the Too Good to be Threw Furniture Page, and…

Did I mention that The Resaler’s Guide to Furniture & Home Goods from TGtbT.com is perfect for any type of shop that sells home decor, knick knacks, furniture as an add-on to clothing, and of course to furniture-focus stores?

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Hiring a teen for the summer

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on May 1, 2010| 2 Comments »

Hire a teen in your consignment shopMany consignment and resale and thrift shops are not at their busiest during the summer. So why consider (more…)

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Just a quick refresher: Sale or sell?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on April 28, 2010| 2 Comments »

She sells sea shells, which are nothing more than used clothes, right?Sell is a verb. So you don’t “price things for quick sell”, you price them for quick sale. It’s not a clearance sell. She sells sea shells all day long. The grouper offered her ten clams in exchange for the abalone soap dish. She wanted to sell it, so she accepted.

Sale is a noun. A sale is the total purchase, individually (She made a big sale of 27 sea urchins to one tourist) or as a group (She made a lot of sales at her sea shell booth.)

Sometimes, you (more…)

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Mudflap Moments

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged , , on April 7, 2010| 4 Comments »

I loved my Volvo. I miss it.Many years ago, when making the rent on my consignment shop was a major focus of the first few days of every month, I owned a Volvo.

I loved that Volvo. I miss it. I still have the Hoosier cabinet that fit into it with millimeters to spare that I won at auction and drove home over snow-packed southern Ohio hills.

But I digress. The point is:

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Spring into Spring with a Facebook album.

Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on April 4, 2010| 5 Comments »

Bras for a Cause: Click to visit

Eaten the ears off your chocolate bunny? Ready to think about work? Even if you wait until tomorrow to do this, here’s

another way to use Facebook to delight the clients of your consignment or resale shop.

Make a captioned photo album on your Facebook Page that tells a story, start to finish (see an example on mine.) Yours could be about:

  • A day in the life of MyShop (take a photo every 15 minutes or so from the same spot for a mock stop-action collection, then choose the best for your album)
  • The 250-piece consignment (coming in, examining, tagging, putting in stock…with lots of customers hovering of course!)
  • Any project around the shop: repainting, papering the dressing rooms, rearranging a room setting…even re-doing the front window display
  • A select group of customers (chosen for the target markets you appeal to) trying on the new season’s clothes and vamping all around the shop

Don’t forget the captions…and make ’em fun and motivating for all your fans. Remember, you’re telling a story with a beginning, middle and end.

Remember: don’t put every single photo you take in your album, just the BEST. Get your shop name in as many of the photos as you can, in one way or another. Focus! Frame and/or crop for the best look!

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