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Kate Holmes, Resale Guru and Shopper Extraordinaire!Oh, my, it’s been a few days past

6 years since I started

this blog as a supplement to my web site, Too Good to be Threw. About 1500 posts later I still have stuff to say. See what I said on Day One, about the jacket I left behind. Believe it or not, there are still stores forcing their shoppers into the same profit-gutting situation today.

My work is never done. Fortunately, my secondhand shopping isn’t, either.

Look, is that me behind your rack there?

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Every consignment, resale and thrift shop on the planet, it seems, needs more space. Space for merchandise, space for marketing, advertising space. Space to impress and lure shoppers inside.

And yet, so many shops don’t use the 45 to 120 or more square feet right in front of their noses. And more importantly, in front of their potential customers’ noses.

What am I talking about? (more…)

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HowToConsign.com tweets to YOUR future customersWhen you motivate your followers on the weekend, you build traffic on Monday. And (more…)

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130504 tv meninosdotusInstead of watching TV this evening, how about entertaining yourself (more…)

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Social media is a blessing for consignment, thrift and resale shops. Where else can a shopkeeper, no matter how small her advertising budget, reach so many of her customers? Or so quickly?

Or, sometimes, so thoughtlessly. So OMG-ish. Can you (more…)

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