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Auntie Kate {hearts} resalers
Happy Valentine’s Day… you know how much Auntie Kate {hearts} resale shopkeepers of all sorts (well, except for some sorts; let’s be honest here ) And because Auntie Kate adores you, she wants you to...
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Find a mentor
It’s just over 2 weeks…can you believe it? … until our industry’s annual Conference. (Check it out) It might be a great time to find a mentor. Heck, any time of year’s a great time to find someone to...
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Gettin’ my stuff done. See you at Conference.
This is like, way too true of me. You too? I really enjoyed this cartoon video, below… take a look at the artist’s other works, too. Filed under: Shopkeeping talk Tagged: NARTS Conference
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Saw a great billboard yesterday.
Actually, the billboard itself wasn’t so great, but the headline was. It was for a mommy web site, I think… but it would be terrific as well for a childrenswear consignment or resale shop… or even in...
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What I didn’t get to say in “The Price is Right… or is it?”
Consignment, resale, and thrift shop owners and managers have a hard-enough time deciding what to take, and how to price it, without worrying about training their helpers to accept and price! This is a...
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Next Best Thing to being there: The Price is Right… or is it?
For those NARTS Conference goers, and to consignment, resale, thrift shopkeepers who were not at Conference, I’ve posted not only the handout from my workshop, The Price is Right… or is it? but also...
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Ditch the employee discount, says resale master
Are your prices so cheap that your goods are being cherry-picked by staffers with their discount who plan to resell them? Kirsten Block, co-founder of Buffalo Exchange with her late husband Spencer,...
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Love this solution… and this resale display!
On the NARTS Conference bus tour, it was fun to see who else in your group zoomed into the same details as you did. Here, a lei’d resale peer noticed a great idea at the same time I did: I hope you use...
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A thought if you are feeling overwhelmed in your shop.
Filed under: quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk Tagged: NARTS Conference, success
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The officially unofficial pre-NARTS Conference get-together
Okay, a vote has been taken! The official annual unofficial gathering of TGtbT.com resalers at NARTS Conference will be ***Thursday at 6, hotel’s lobby bar*** Come as you are (well, theme-related...
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To blog or not to blog. You’re the experts.
Okay, it’s time for me to condense 562 pages of notes about why consignment, resale, and (yes even) thrift shops should have a blog. Yes I really do have reams of info, graphics, links and resources...
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St. Louis? Really?
That’s what I’ve heard some folks say about the locale of next month’s NARTS Annual Conference (their 25th!) Well, yes. St. Louis. I mean, it isn’t Paris, but then who is? Here’s an insider’s look at...
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The view from St Louis on Resale
One of the most beloved parts of NARTS Conference every year is the Friday Resale Shop Bus Tours. Just which shops we’ll visit is a closely-guarded secret until you get on the buses… so I have no idea...
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I’m on fire!
One of my most-favored views of life. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have...
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Bus Tour: Let’s start on the outside
There is always a plethora of things to see and think about on the NARTS Conference Consignment, Resale, and Thrift Shop Bus Tour. So many, that I have to break them up into several entries here on...
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5 Steps to Making any Meeting Better for your Business
There’s “social media”… and then there’s real, face-to-face social meetings. Like your local merchants’ association or your national association. Will you get every benefit out of the time and expense...
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For my consignment & resale peers…
… who are on their way to NARTS Conference 2014, a big hug and this wish for you: Have a wonderful time, and come back and tell us all about it!Filed under: I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping...
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Closing your shop for Conference?
NARTS Conference is the eagerly-anticipated annual gathering of resale shop owners and managers, but many folks worry if they have to close, they will miss business and offend shoppers. Here’s our Too...
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Going to Conference? Here’s a goal to aspire to:
A gentle suggestion for those shopkeepers who will be attending NARTS Conference this week: Aim to return home with both a MENTOR and a MENTEE. One person with whom you have a relationship that will...
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