Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged success on January 9, 2010| 14 Comments »
“Bag Sale”…the very name makes resale shopkeepers salivate. Move this stuff! Let’s clear it out to make room for incoming! Sell ’em bunches of stuff, armloads, bagsful!
All very well and good, and certainly bag sales and dollar racks and BOGOs are (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged perceived value, resale shopkeeping, success on November 27, 2009| 2 Comments »
Everyone loves holiday gifts. . . even your shop!Now that you’ve finished your holiday shopping, find some gifts for your beloved shop. The better your shop looks and functions, the more money you’ll make to spend on…your loved ones NEXT holiday (or that (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged buy-outright, Halloween, success on November 5, 2009| 5 Comments »
Consignment & resale shopkeepers can clean up on costumes year 'round!
Did you let your consignors*, your sellers, or your donors know that you want those Halloween costumes now?
No?
Then do it forthwith! (That means make it snappy!)
Why? Because, yes, you can make money from costumes of all sorts the whole year ’round. Read on, for an article from a past issue of our print newsletter, which we no longer publish.
Looking to build your business? Have you considered costume sales and/ or rental?
Dressing up in (more…)
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, starting a consignment shop, success on November 3, 2009| 7 Comments »
Everything is looking up for the rich shopkeeper. She makes SURE it does.
Do you have every event, every ad, every blog message, website change, consignor letter and bag-stuffer….even every display window theme, between now and the end of the year planned out? Know when and how you will let your prospective audience know about the events? If so, you may be a rich-shopkeeper-in-the-making.
If you look (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged success on September 23, 2009| 6 Comments »
You know I preach about having a business plan to guide you in 
decisions on your consignment or resale shop? And give you all those links and even the Business Valuation Kit to help you develop a fine, detailed, well-considered plan for your shop? Well, I thought you’d enjoy, on this my shop-opening anniversary, about my business plan, circa mumblemumble.
Yup, that was it. You see, (more…)
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