I hope I got caught up with everyone's posts and made comments where I could. I had a "free" hour+ to spend on the computer last night. I apologize - sometimes time just isn't there for me to be "spot on" for my comments. Be assured, I do catch up ASAP and leave my feedback, especially when asked.
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I count some of you, my readers, as some of my very best friends. I've known several of you for more than a decade - probably closer to two decades by now. I chat to you every morning, and I try to keep up with your lives as well. You live in my heart. |
Next week will be an experiment at the shop. It's the first week of our "Inventory Reduction" sale, and it's encompassing large categories of my best-selling seed bead - Delica beads. It's not a across-the-board discount. It doesn't apply to every style. It does, however, encompass all of the sizes other than the standard (and most popular) size 11o, and some select styles of 11o that aren't super popular. It will be a LOT of work behind the register, but I think I've figured out how to make things a bit easier on me and my staff. At least, I hope I've figured this out.
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We're going to be doing at least one, possibly two, Inventory Reduction Sales on select categories of merchandise each month. We need to clear out slow-sellers and less popular colors/styles of beads. I doubt we'll do anything about the Indian goods - but I have other outlets for those items. |
The sale itself is a 50% off sale - something we've NEVER offered in our 30+ years of retail. We're trying to clear out the chaff and leave the kernels of wheat. We need to be lean when we do our Close-Out Sale later this year. So, meanwhile, our customers will be able to take advantage of some really awesome savings on a product they love. I'll see what happens - it's one full week of six days, with savings of 50%, so it might be a zoo; but I'm hoping it will be a steady flow instead of a flood.
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We've never done discounts this deep before. Our pricing is fair, and we're well aware of what other places charge for similar items. But, we're going to do it now. I have four sales currently in the works, and then we'll reassess and see how things are going. |
To top off (or to start) my day off on the "right" foot, the downstairs smoke alarm beeped four times while I was in the shower. *sigh* I checked both of our smoke alarms after I was dried off and dressed, and they're showing "green", but I suspect the batteries need replacement. I'll set DH off on that task for the day. He'd BETTER get it done - it's not super hard, and it really won't take him a lot of his time. It was unnerving, to say the least, hearing the beeps when I couldn't do a thing about it. I figured I'd just die in the shower - LOL.
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We have something similar to this in our den and in the upstairs hallway. I don't think we've changed the batteries in several years, so having it beep on me this morning wasn't unexpected, but it was a bit of a shock, and certainly came at a poor time since I was in the middle of my morning shower. |
So, I'm done rambling for the day. I hope I've caught up with everyone's posts, and that everyone who had a birthday earlier this week has been contacted directly in a note. I hate being late for celebrations, but it's just been one of those weeks where I had too much crammed into too few hours. Have a wonderful Saturday, I'm going to enjoy my Sunday of relaxation and be ready to dive into the sale starting Monday. *Hugs* to each and every one of my readers - you're my lifeline to sanity (now and again only, because being insane sometimes describes my life to a "T" - LOL). Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.
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