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Post by tarabornagain on Jul 10, 2012 17:44:37 GMT -5
This has been a popular event for our store, but I'd love to hear from others what works in your area/for your store!
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Post by karen on Jul 10, 2012 22:50:45 GMT -5
I've never tried a bag sale. However, we have Thrifty Thursday where everything in the store is discounted 10% that day. We triple our sales on Thursday.
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Post by thehanger on Jul 11, 2012 13:30:51 GMT -5
We have a bag sales! They are WILDLY successful! we store all the expired items that consignors dont claim and re-tag them with generic, plain tags. Only the plain colored tags are available for the bag sale. On Fri the bag is $20, on Sat $15 and Sun $10. We also offer our consignors/preferred email list a thu night private sale ($20/bag still, but they get first glimpse) Not only do we get rid of A LOT of expired inventory, our regular priced stuff sells really well! Its a win win! Good luck!
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Post by Brad on Jul 11, 2012 21:06:09 GMT -5
Sell the sizzle not the steak!
People will spend money if they think they are "screwing" someone. Sorry about the vocabulary.
Create a reason to come buy at your store.
Create a sense of urgency.
No Tax Sales will increase business 30%-45% for a weekend.
Just say NO Tax to Uncle Sam
You are paying the tax but it is better than 20% Off.
End of the Season Clearance Sales are a great way to clear out inventory for the next seasons stuff.
Anything with a "UP to 50% Off" will increase business 100% or more.
Pop a balloon, spin a wheel, pluck a duck, pick a gift
On average you will give about 22%-23% total discount for the sale.
Do your math and only have one 50% off per 100 choices.
Remember it is the Sizzle!
Be creative.
Word of mouth is your cheapest advertising but media is your outside sales force.
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Post by tarabornagain on Jul 12, 2012 13:59:38 GMT -5
This will be our 6th year of biannual bag sales. This will be the 3rd time we've done a PreShop the Sale Event. We've finally gotten most of the kinks worked out, I hope! lol Runs like a dream now, we keep the line moving fast. Seems like every sale we come up with some improvement for some aspect of the sale. In fact, it's kind of spooky; my long time employees and I all have dreams that contain solutions to bag sale problems. Summer sale is always slower than winter sale, but still a rocking day. I now have someone come (manly type) for the first three hours to direct traffic as that was a major problem in previous sales. Any employee that's ever worked for me (unless I had to fire them) comes back and works on bag sale day for me  I'm blessed that way with many wonderful employees who have moved on to other jobs/careers but remain good friends. I order lunch delivered for all and we have a great time hanging out for an hour or so after the rush is over. |
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Post by tessagirl on Jul 14, 2012 8:42:02 GMT -5
I had a grab bag discount sale on our third anniversary, What a hit. We took the extra 2 up tags that were left blank. And put 15,20,25,30 % off on them. At time of check the customer reached in the bag and pulled there discount out. we even threw in a couple of 50 % off,the other discounts were even in number in the bag.
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I'm blessed that way with many wonderful employees who have moved on to other jobs/careers but remain good friends. I order lunch delivered for all and we have a great time hanging out for an hour or so after the rush is over.