What to do with 75 pink bras?

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What to do with 75 pink bras?

October 13, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

$Resale, consignment, and thrift shops know the recipe for th\urning lemons into lemonade!$ Turn them into a community fundraiser… and a consignment shop awareness raiser as well.

Connie Carson, a consignment shopkeeper I had the pleasure to meet with here in Sarasota before she opened her shop, does buyouts of surplus merchandise for resale… including, one day, 75 pink bras.

What to do with them? Create a fundraiser for breast cancer, natch.

She charged $5 to get a bra to bling, and is offering the public a chance to vote on the creations displayed in her shop, in return for a $1 donation to her local hospital’s breast care center. She’s helping her community and introducing new shoppers to her store.

Is this like turning pink bras into pink lemonade?

Here’s the article.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News | Tagged promotions | 5 Comments

5 Responses

on October 19, 2011 at 11:42 am Connie

Great Idea! I set a goal and we actually hit it this past weekend! I would love for this to be even bigger next year!

I’ll keep you posted on the final fundraising totals after this weekend!
cj
on October 18, 2011 at 5:16 pm Connie

Thanks Kate!! I have had such a good time with this fundraiser!! I’m not sure exactly how I’ll do it next year because I got such a great deal on the bras the first time! But everyone in our little strip center wants to participate next year!! What a hoot!!
- on October 18, 2011 at 6:09 pm Auntie Kate
  
  Wouldn’t it be interesting… to contact major bra manufacturers, ask them to put aside any pink bras that are overstock/ irregular, etc… for a bling the bra event, through resale shops, next October? The contest could be “sponsored by Maidenform, Wacoal” whatever… could be a great year-long project for a small group of consignment, resale, thrift shopkeepers…
on October 14, 2011 at 12:26 pm Auntie Kate

Now all you have to do is find a supply of bras, Sharon! Hope you found time to drop a thank-you note to Connie… she’s a real sweetie.
on October 14, 2011 at 11:00 am Sharon

This is a great idea. The Breast Cancer Fundraiser in our town is a huge event. I’m going to borrow this idea for my store for next year. Thanks

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