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Profitable New Year to all my consignment, resale & thrift friends
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged success on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Still need a perfect gift for your BFF, your shop manager, yourSELF?
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just found it. At least, if you and/or your recipient are as fashion-obsessed as
All my shop wants for Christmas…
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, customers, holidays, selling, success on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If I were going to give my consignment, resale, or thrift shop (and therefore, really, my wallet) a holiday gift,
Just in case you don’t have enough Trick-or-Treaters at the door…
Posted in My Favorite Things, Slices of (my) life, tagged Halloween on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just in case you don’t have enough Trick-or-Treaters at the door…(bright side: more mini-Hershey bars for YOU)….enjoy this (literal!) parade of merry-makers and amazing costumes!
A Saturday treat for consignment, resale, and thrift shops.
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was playing around the other day and made you a graphic. It’ll work for
Etsy inspiration for consignment & resale shops
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on August 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is the photo that started it all. This Etsy member’s a photographer, but when I was trolling Etsy for my Sunday shopping stroll…
Bringing your Passion for Fashion to life
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, customers, success on July 12, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Making a commercial that shows viewers the type of consignment, resale, or thrift shop you have is a challenge and an investment. Some results are better than others. Right now I Love this
Saw a great billboard yesterday.
Posted in My Favorite Things, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk, tagged NARTS Conference on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, the billboard itself wasn’t so great, but the
Logos I Like: a Gallery of Inspiration for Consignment, Resale, and Thrift Shops.
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on April 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A little gallery of inspiring logos that might be just the thing for your resale store, and why I like them. Matching one’s logo-look to the image of the shop is
Today’s Teeny Tip: An immediate media gallery for your shop!
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, Teeny Tips, tagged display on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t you just SEE this “Frames” wallpaper, by Graham & Brown, in your shop entry or behind your sales desk? Ready-made
Snow day? Go on a Picnik in your consignment, resale, thrift shop!
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I use picnik.com, a free/ paid web site, to fix photos, to add text to them (a great attention-getter in those overbloated Facebook albums) and to make collages or join several images together. (For example, the header image here on my blog was created in picnik.) If today’s another day when business is slow because [...]
Hand me the popcorn…Show me the clothes.
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk on October 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I love old movies. I don’t care if the plots are predicable or the film grainy. I watch old movies for the clothes. Consider it research for your consignment or resale shop. (Maybe you can expense the cable bill?) If you, like me, cannot get enough of Hollywood’s (past) glamor, here’s a blog you’ll adore…much [...]
What a delicious idea for a consignment / resale shopping event!
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged home decor, kidswear, promotions, resale shopkeeping on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Everything goes better with chocolate. Who doesn’t like chocolate (well, my stepsister, but she’s weird. Doesn’t like pizza either. Note, STEPsister.) Coming into fall with its luscious warm colors, what better fun promotional event than exactly that: Everything goes better with chocolate. Gather up all your
Thinking Outside the Box Part 2: Showcase Risers
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged accessories, display, home decor on June 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One cake stand makes a nice showcase riser. A multi-tiered one works 3 times as hard. (Just
Things you didn’t even know you needed.
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged daily operations, starting a consignment shop on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. Take, for example,
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