As christmascountdown.com tells us today:
Only 100 Days to Christmas!
Get your PDQ of Holidays in Resale now!
Is your consignment, resale, or thrift shop ready? No? Here’s some resources that TGtbT.com and HowToConsign.com have collected and created for you:
Info & ideas that will help your shop prosper, courtesy of TGtbT.com:
- Scads of useful suggestions on AuntieKate the Blog: Here’s posts about Christmas and even more posts about Holidays and even a 4-part series on making the holidays special for everyone you know (and some you don’t know yet!)
- Graphics and visuals for holiday ideas for your shop on TGtbT.com’s Pinterest
- And of course, our Products for the Professional Resaler for the holiday selling season, Holidays in Resale: Make the Season Brighter for your Clientele… and your Shop helps you have as great a gift-buying, celebration-supplying business as the “real” stores. Read about
Preparing for the Holidays
Ad heads/ email subject lines
Themes and decor ideas
Dress the window ONCE
Selling & Gift Certificates
BEST Promo: Help a Charity
Materials on HowToConsign.com that you are welcome to link to (please do not plagiarize or steal, share instead!)
- Have a Merry Thrifty Christmas tells your customers all the wonderful reasons to shop resale for holiday decor, apparel, and even gifts.
- Tie a string on your finger to start sharing 50 Days & 50 Ways to have a Merry Recycled Holiday in early November. There’s a tip every day there that you can share on Facebook, pin to your shop’s Pinterest board, or even tweet. It’s almost as good as having a publicist!
- The HowToConsign.com Pinterest boards include a Celebrating, Thriftly board and even a gift-wrap idea board. You could repin one of these a day from today til December 25 and never run out of inspiration and shopping tips for your customers!
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
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