Posted in Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged employees, success on June 13, 2012| 6 Comments »
The 
retaildoc talks about the Hawthorne Effect, and offers a simple14-question employee review form you can download here.
More on the Hawthorne Effect. And what a straw boss is.
Even better, the TGtbT.com Products for the Professional Resaler that will help you be a better boss.
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, HowToConsign.com, merchandising, success on June 12, 2012|
UPDATE 2018: Both the HowToConsign.com website and the related blog, HowToConsign.org, have been mothballed. Feel free to link to the many articles at both sites, but Directory listings are no longer available.
Wow, an avalanche of winning consignment, resale, and thrift stores becoming Sponsors at HowToConsign.com!
10 Best Things to Buy Secondhand
As you know, HowToConsign is the consumer arm of TGtbT.com. It’s a site designed to excite (more…)
Posted in Deja Vuesday, economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged profit, resale shopkeeping, success on May 1, 2012|
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where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.
Do you, when considering a purchase for your business, look at the price? Well, of course. Resale shopkeepers are, as a class, the most frugal folks on Earth. But sometimes (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, learn a lot, perceived value, success on April 29, 2012| 6 Comments »
You can learn a lot from history… even history of a “real” store.
What went wrong? …interviews …depict a company that chased after rivals, rather than charting its own course, and that cut quality and lost touch with customers. Simply put, it filled its stores with stuff that people didn’t want. [Emphasis Kate’s]
Read the full article here.
Intrigued by the colossal flop of their logo change? There are some lessons even the smallest of shops can learn in this article where a designer tries to fix the “new” logo, written before Gap changed back to the original.
Has interest remained high over the last few years, or has it become a dog of a brand? And how does Kid Gap do? And speaking of Express, is that a sought-after brand or has it died in our industry? We’d love to hear your thoughts.
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Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, success, web on March 5, 2012| 3 Comments »
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