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Q & A: Great way to get them thinking! (Or at least, reading…)

Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , , , on March 23, 2015|

Writing a Q&A for your resale, consignment or thrift by Kate Holmes of TGtbT.comAh, the good old Question-&-Answer format:

the perfect way to get information out in easily absorbed bite-sized bits, in an informal manner that keeps folks reading because (more…)

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Make your windows look like spring!

Posted in economics of resale, My Favorite Things, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , , , on March 1, 2015|

Is it dreary around your neck of the woods? Would a little spring color help enliven your consignment or resale shop windows and swing shops? Here’s some Pinspiration from the TGtbT boards:

Bright colors from the ceiling down look great over furniture displays or dress form outfits. Remember doing these in grade school?

Ice cream cones: what could be yummier in a kidswear window? Surprisingly easy to make for your shop!

Another “remember when?” craft from your prepubescent years. These lanterns look especially wonderful used in tight groupings of 3 or 5.

Need more resale-specific window dressing ideas? You got ’em in Window Displays Especially for Resale Shops

Windows that WOW don’t happen by accident. Learn the hidden secrets of resale eye candy that nobody tells you and how to make awesome displays of your one-of-a-kind merchandise as you Display. Sell. Repeat your way to awesome profits. This 48-page PDQ shows you how to choose, create, and sell everything with affordable, time-effective ways to DIY your own “Windows Worth a Thousand Words.”

Read about

      * what windows can do for your bottom line
      * how to learn (for free!) from the professionals
      * tools and concepts about window displays
      * ready-made themes for every week of the year
      * our famous 77 Suggestions for Super Windows
      * plus Display Ideas from A to Z

Includes a 10-point checklist for staffers to follow, FAQs, and ideas from shopkeepers like you! Make your business stand out from the crowd with windows that WOW! Order your own PDF of The Big Book of Window Displays now.

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Banish Boring Resale Dressing Rooms!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on February 19, 2015|

If your dressing rooms aren’t all you dream they can be, click through our gallery here for some Auntie Kate ideas.

Dressing room tip to make 'em smile in your consignment shop
I have three hooks for clothes in my dressing room.
Resale dressing rooms from TGtbT.com
Separate but Equal Dressing Rooms
The Apache Blessing as consignment shop dressing room names
What do you call your dressing rooms?
Make room in your consignment dresing room
Making more room in that dressing room
armoire dressing room from TGtbT.com
What to do when you have an armoire but no dressing rooms
More dressing rooms for consignment shops from Kate Holmes
Dressing rooms to dream of

Lots more dressing room (and other) ideas on the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest Boards, too.

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Thought for the Day. It’ll make you smile or ponder.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged , , , , , on February 17, 2015|

As consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers, we have lots and lots of people to interact with and a zillion things to do.

And sometimes, just sometimes, we can all get a bit too, shall we say, focused?

Maybe this graphic will make you smile or will relieve a bit of stress.

Don't take yourself too seriously, says TGtbT.com

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Wanna buy a ghost? You will, after you read this.

Posted in 5- Minute Fixes, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on February 12, 2015|

If you sell online… or even if you just use merchandise photos online to induce shoppers to visit your bricks-&-mortar consignment sop or thrift store, surely you’ve envied those neat photos you see (more…)

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