Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, Thrift on September 27, 2010| 11 Comments »
In last week’s Anniversary Celebration, we had dozens of resale and consignment shopkeepers
offer up ideas to hundreds of their peers. They help others because sharing not only helps their individual shops, but because they know that
But there are few not-for-profit (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, Thrift on August 19, 2010| 1 Comment »
If you want to address this issue through your consignment, resale, or thrift shop, it’s crunch time to start planning. How can you increase awareness, raise the visibility of the cause and your shop, and serve your clientele all at the same time?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, employees, Thrift on May 28, 2010| 1 Comment »
There’s a LOT of work involved in running a consignment, resale, or thrift shop. A lot more than in a “regular” retail store, and it’s harder too, what with the variety of items you receive
THat’s why I was fascinated by this (more…)
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, small business, Thrift on February 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
As a consignment or resale shopkeeper, you run across situations all the time where I would define being frugal as protecting your hard-earned money by looking for ways to get the highest value from everything you buy. -MoneyUnder30.com
you have to choose between frugality and cheapness.
David Weliver of MoneyUnder30.com is the source for this sidebar quote on what frugal is…
And what is cheap?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, promotions, Thrift on November 29, 2009| 3 Comments »
What’s so great about consignment shops? Why does your town treasure your business? And how can we activate those reasons to turn our shops and our customers into a gift that helps our community?
Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
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