Posts Tagged ‘success’
Keep on dancin’, dancin’….
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged International Resale Day, resale shopkeeping, success on July 16, 2018|
This video maker’s fun… but at over $250 a year, kinda pricey for me… maybe not for you?
Click to see our International Resale Day creation!
Dressing room lighting: What will sell
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, merchandising, resale shopkeeping, success on July 3, 2018|
More examples, this time in Irish stores….
One of the last decisions a clothing consignment or resale shop thinks is important….
is actually make-or-break.
According to DailyMail.com, female shoppers try on an average of 40,000 articles of clothing in their lifetimes, purchasing just one in seven.
If you want to up the odds (more…)
How much does it cost to accept an item?
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged buy-outright, consignment, consignors, resale shopkeeping, success on July 2, 2018| 3 Comments »
A shopkeeper asks:
“Can you tell me how to figure out how much it costs to accept a single item?”
Auntie Kate answers:
This figure is not easy to pinpoint exactly, but we can get a rough number in two steps:
1- Your daily overhead, divided by the amount of time spent per item (obviously, an average). That’s the FIXED COST. Do not include expenses directly related to employees at this point. If you have only one person working, use the full amount of the time segment; otherwise, divide the daily overhead by the number of staff normally present.
2- PLUS how much the person (more…)
How to Say NO. NO. NO. Heck N-O.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, success, thought for the day on June 20, 2018|
Do you find yourself saying a tacit “yes’… because you can’t bring yourself to say NO?
Whether it’s declining a mediocre consignment, answering a staffer’s inconvenient request for a schedule change, or committing your business’s resources to an issue or event that doesn’t feel like the right path to take…
Ya gotta learn to say NO. Here’s
The Blog of
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
-
Join 2,063 other subscribers
Let’s be Social
Meet Kate
What Kate said about:
When Kate said it:
Read more about:
accepting accessories advertising blogging buy-outright christmas competition consignment consignors customers daily operations display email employees Facebook Halloween holidays home decor HowToConsign.com learn a lot markdowns merchandising NARTS Conference perceived value Products for the Professional Resaler profit promotions resale shopkeeping sea of sameness selling shop local small business social networking starting a consignment shop success thought for the day Thrift Twitter web word of mouthMost Popular Posts
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 