Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, email, holidays on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Christmas/ Holiday Thrifty Idea for consignment and resale shops:
How to write to Santa: Now THAT’s an eye-catching email headline from your consignment or resale shop right about now!
And best of all, it’s an email you won’t even have to write…because it’s already been done…as a press release from the USPS. There’s even
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged christmas thrift, holidays on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The best part of Christmas shopping is, of course, finding stuff YOU want. After all, who knows you better?
Here’s what I want and/or need, depending on your definitions:
Passionflower vine (see photo): I have a
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, holidays on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Total bankcard debt per bankcard borrower is $5,710. This was alternatively described as the total balance of bank-issued credit cards per consumer. (Source: TransUnion, December 2008)
Scary? You betcha. That quote’s just part of some eye-opening information. It’s hard to imagine that a couple could have, in addition to
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, christmas thrift, holidays on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, Spouse/Offspring/Progenitor of Resale Royalty or Consignment Countess, is your holiday gift budget shot, and you have NO idea what will make your loved one’s secondhand shop even more of a joy to her/him than it already is?
And you want to honor her/his motto Clever ReUse? And to acknowledge that straightening stock is an [...]
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift on November 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
B, a counselor for L School District, said she usually spends about $1,000 in Christmas gifts for friends and family, but is cutting back to no more than $500 this year — and all of it will go toward her 3-year-old daughter, N.
“I can’t afford to shop for myself. Everything has to go to my [...]
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, feature1 on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More thoughts about how a not-extravagant holiday celebration is not only POSSIBLE but PREFERABLE to those debt-ridden holidays of yore.
Yesterday, I mentioned shopping for Christmas gifts in your local museum shops. Today, I did. What
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, feature1, holiday special on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A continuation of our series on how the holidays can be special and frugal… and while helping your community be stronger.
Did you realize that you can help your town recover from
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, feature1 on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A continuation of our series on how the upcoming holidays can be special without slaying your family’s budget. While not all the ideas below are
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas thrift, feature1, holiday special on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week, we consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers examine how the upcoming holidays can be special without doing harm to any family’s budget. Each day, we’ll look at how a not-extravagant celebration is not only POSSIBLE but PREFERABLE to those debt-ridden holidays of yore.
And our first installment, of course, concerns children. So many families feel [...]
