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Consignment Mailbox: How many reusable bags does one responsible resale shopper NEED?

Posted in Mailbox: 1-on-1 Advice, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A resale shopkeeper asked me, a while back: [I'm] thinking that we as resale shops should pay especial attention and try not to add to the litter of merchandise bags. But re-using old grocery sacks just doesn’t do [...]

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Cash for Clothing Clunkers: Dare you?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, economics of resale, tagged , on October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I kept waiting for one of the resale or consignment shops who send out broadcast emails to send one entitled
“Cash for Clothing Clunkers.”
Thought it would be a good subject line for a message about

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Top Ten Resale Shop Sites 2009 Version

Posted in Kate's Must-Sees, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on October 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »

As you can imagine, I see a LOT of resale, consignment and thrift shop web sites. And I’m always on the lookout for good ideas and designs, and most of all, functionality, on these sites.
So here’s the Top Ten as seen this year, in my opinion. Take a look…then VOTE! Please notice that I restricted [...]

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Love these calendar downloads!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s a ritual, with me, picking out the calendar for the next year. It has to be JUST right. For the last 2 years, I’ve chosen a calendar that has photos of paths… wonder what that says about this part of my life?
So for 2010, I am going to pretend, just pretend, that I have [...]

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Come here often?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Opening lines. They are eternal. We’ve all heard them, we’ve all said them (at some stage in our lives, now, yes you did.)
Why do these lines live on forever?
Because

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Our coupon’s so popular, we might as well…

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, economics of resale, tagged , , , on December 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

…blow everyone off. That’s what Uncle Ben’s Rice did. They had an offer in Oprah’s and Rachel Ray’s magazines (think for a moment how much a full-page ad plus the blow-in card cost. Just stop and THINK how much this company had invested. Just THINK.) The offer screamed
GET A FREE* BOX
OF LONG GRAIN & WILD [...]

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A novel approach to gaining suppliers

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , , on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This snapshot of a shop’s sign (I’d credit the shop, if I could figure out who/what/where) appeared on Bag of Birds, a blog which is, umm, interesting. But for us resalers, the sign and its approach to gaining suppliers is even more interesting.
How does, do you think, a sense of humor go over with potential [...]

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