Bittersweet moment. I’m just today cutting open the last box of manuals. I’ve been selling (20 different updates!) my complete operations manual for resale & thrift shops for, it seems, my entire life. If you want one, order it before July 18, which is International Resale Day.
You see, I’m retiring.
I’ve always thought of myself as the CEO of the resale industry…. the Chief Encouragement Officer.
My main focus has been encouraging resalers to BE all they dream they CAN be.
I’ve been honored to watch our industry grow from the little mom-and-daughter dream through the mom-and-pop where COUPLES realized could support families with resale, and now the age of venture capitalists betting millions on selling used STUFF
I love resale, the ways we as community-based resalers have created “doing GREAT by actually doing GOOD” businesses: helping the environment, our fellow citizens, and our own careers all at once.
But time moves on and the time has come for me to retire. There are things I need to do, long to do which are NOT resale related.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AFFORDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUSINESS I LOVE.
TGtbT’s Products for the Professional Resaler, from the manual through our specialized PDFs and our mini-Products will remain online thru Intl Resale Day, July 18 if you need anything ; let me know if I can be of assistance to you between now and then.
So I will take my leave of this wonderful industry. Here’s to your journey taking you all to places you have always dreamed of being.
Keep doing GOOD by doing GREAT. And to remember me, go out of your way to lend a hand to those who travel with you and in your footsteps.
Thank you, and Godspeed, Kate Holmes.
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 