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7 mistakes you might be making in your emails

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 18, 2012|

Make sure your consignment, thrift, resale shop emails get read!Good article about making sure your broadcast emails from your consignment, resale, thrift shop are actually doing (more…)

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“I’d love to start a little shop like this…” : Think of it as a compliment.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on June 4, 2012| 10 Comments »

I want to start a consignment shop!Sometimes, in their rare grumpy moods, consignment, resale, or thrift shopkeepers b**ch about how clueless their shoppers are. Why? Only because (more…)

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Sarasota Marché

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on February 9, 2012| 9 Comments »

Nestled into a 1930’s cottage in Sarasota FL is one of the newest consignment and resale shops around: Sarasota Marché , “the brainchild of fashion and cosmetic expert Marina Eckert.”

Inspired by (more…)

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Retail Feng Shui… or Common Sense?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 6, 2012| 5 Comments »

Robin Cain of Kid's Corner Consignments, North CarolinaRobin Cain of Kids Corner Consignment in NC sent me this info she received in an email with a note, “I’m not into the whole Feng Shui thing but the ideas can definitely be applied to resale or any retail business.”

I agree with Robin that the following points are useful. Whether or not they are part of the whole Feng Shui mindset isn’t (more…)

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Ya know that money ya wanna borrow from your family? Read this first.

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on January 16, 2012|

Borrowing money for your consignment, resale, or thrift shop?Ya know that money ya wanna borrow from your family?

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