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TMI?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on September 4, 2010|

There is simply Too Much Information out there, isn’t there?

You haven’t got enough time to possibly USE all the great info out there for resale and consignment shops, do you? There’s fuzzies to hunt down and kill, shelves to straighten. Shirts to colorize. Not to mention a life to live.

Count on Auntie Kate to help you.

She sorts out all that information out there into usable ideas for our resale industry. No more wasting time winnowing through advice that would be great…if you were a banker or a restauranteur or a major corporation with offices in ten key cities.Avoid being out of your shop’s staples by pricing slightly higher. If you never have enough of best-sellers, maybe you have underpriced them. from 101 Daily Tips in the Luncheonette.

You want some ideas for promotions especially for resale stores? And how to make money off of them, before during and after? You’d love to see some window display guidelines and themes? How about specific suggestions for dealing in home furnishings, childrenswear, or how to buy outright without losing (pardon the pun) your shirt? No more wishing you could gather the info to actually HELP your business prosper.
Set goals for your promotion. If your event is not a financial windfall but the paper runs a wonderful article, will that be worth the work?
from Promote with Pizzazz in the TGtbT Shop.

How to switch seasons for maximum sales? Hold a bag sale or create a dollar rack? Use the powers of pakaways to make next season bigger, brighter, and better? The ins and outs of pricing, displaying, arranging and advertising the vast selection of used goods that come in your door? No more trying to translate college-professor ideas into what works in real-life resale.
Stars are a holiday theme with terrific promotional ideas. Dozens of stars make great window trim. Hang more from your ceiling. Put one on each dressing room. Give away a How to be a Holiday Star brochure: tips, recipes, and why it’s fun to shop at your place. from Holidays in Resale in TGtbT Shop.

Is your time money? Of course it is. Don’t let TMI drown your business or engulf your personal time. Focus on Products for the Professional Resaler for immediate, useful, and feasible ideas to make your shop be all it can be. Visit the Too Good to be Threw Shop, the TGtbT Layout Ideas Collection, and the Lunch with Kate mini-Products. And get

the information you need to make your shop be all you dream it can be.

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More consignment & resale shop promotional ideas: October is…

Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on September 2, 2010|

Promotional ideas for consignment and resale shops

Is that a dog or a popcorn kernel?

It’s fun to have something to tell your shoppers, a reason for them to return and a reason for them to talk about your shop, isn’t it?

That’s a good reason to have an event in your shop. It doesn’t need to be elaborate (after all, you’re probably up to your (more…)

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Here’s a birthday present for you.

Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged , on July 18, 2010| 6 Comments »

Wow look at ALL those candles...I must really be OLD.

Wow look at ALL those candles...I must really be OLD.

The greatest gift one can receive, I think, is to feel that one has made a difference.

That’s the birthday present I give myself today, and the one I wish for you every day.

At the NARTS 2010 C0nference a few weeks ago, I was honored to be asked to present a workshop on success.

Of course, doing a workshop for such diversified shopkeepers as those who attend Conference means thinking about what the very word “success” means to each of us. My point was that no (more…)

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1 Week ’til NARTS Consignment / Resale / Thrift Conference

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on June 17, 2010|

Getting ready for a great resale industry conference!

Some friends-of-long-standing (that’s how to get around calling them OLD friends)

Just one week until NARTS Conference and consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners and managers are excited!

For those attending it’s gonna be an exciting and profitable trip. And to those who can’t make it, we’ll take notes, we promise!

Here’s what to do right now.

♥ Make sure you have enough business cards (100-200) to hand out and that they have complete info. Add your city, state, area code, email address if you forgot it before printing.

♥ Gather your questions. Write down what you want to find out about. Pull out the index card you’ve written them on several times a day and ASK someone. Gather your answers, too. Got a great source for gift items? Really learn a lot from a book or web site? Write down the specific info so you can help others.

♥ If you’ll be attending my workshop on How to Get the Good Stuff in YOUR Shop, you’ll get more out of it if you prepare: Read Accepting and Pricing about how to make sure you treat the good stuff right. And be sure to study up on Using ALL your Space too, ’cause you’ll need it if you follow my plan! The TGtbT Shop has both and you can get them PDQ!

♥ Bring CASH MONEY. And your ATM card to replenish your cash. It’s easiest on the time-pressed bus tour, and with cash you are not making your resale peers pay credit-card fees. It’s the friendly, considerate thing to do. And you all know how we love friendly considerate customers!

♥ Print out 5 or 6 copies of TGtbT’s PDQ booklet, Visiting Other Resalers, to get the most out of every shop on the Bus Tour. No sense just SHOPPING on the bus tour when you could be learning at the same time!

♥ Decide on clothes. Remember 2 things: Layers (rooms start out chilly, warm up once we get all fired up!) and pockets. In your right pocket you will carry your business cards to hand out; in your left, you will stash the card of people you meet.

♥ Swear the following:

  • I will NOT sit with the one what brung me.
  • I will make a point of switching seats on the bus and everywhere so I meet someone new every chance.
  • I will forget that really I am shy and I will chat with everyone. Especially Auntie Kate. She does want to hear all about you and your shop.

♥ Make up a few SASEs: self-addressed stamped envelopes. When you ask a breakfast buddy to send you a copy of that great bag-stuffer she’s talking about, hand her a ready-to-use SASE, penciling on the back “your Pick a Pair flier” to remind her what she promised to send.

♥ Check the TGtbT Shop to decide what you need. Then: order what you need now.  PDQ files are more earth-friendly and by pre-reading and thinking you’ll be able to ask Auntie Kate and others, in person, for more insight on something you’re planning.

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Consignment & Resale Shop Banners Draw Business

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on May 6, 2010| 4 Comments »

Consignment shop Once Again using banners to draw traffic

Molly shows us where her banner is displayed on Once Again Consignment’s shopfront.

About your consignment, resale or thrift shop getting noticed from the street. . .

Molly, owner of Once Again in New Mexico, sent examples of the banners she uses to great effect. So here they are!

Great for consigning season!

Need more incoming? This banner at Once Again draws them in!

Ckearance time in a consignment shop is bargain time

Could a sale banner be any simpler?

The WIIFM drives traffic in

When in doubt…tell ’em WHAT you do and WHEN.

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