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Here’s a week-after-Christmas idea for your consignment shop.

December 13, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Turn bad gifts into good charity with the help of consignment shopsOkay. Right after Christmas, there’s this flurry of gift returns, right? The sweater that’s the wrong color or size, the gadget she hasn’t the faintest intention of ever using, and so on. Of course not everything can be returned, and many folks feel guilty about doing so.

Then there’s the perfectly-good items that get stashed away in place of the new and highly-coveted gifts: the old stroller replaced by the jazzy new model, the lamp that has to make way for the one she really wanted…. and people feel guilty (and cluttered!) in those cases too.

How about if Continue Reading »

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A customer is the gift you give yourself…

December 12, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

A hliday card that will be rememberedChances are, there are a few customers, consignors, supplies, donors or volunteers whose very presence in your business life you are truly grateful for.

I hope you have dozens.

The only way to really thank them Continue Reading »

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Deja Vuesday: Making those BIG Price Reductions

December 11, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.com

Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, recycled, and even restyled blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

Well, soon it will be time to clear your consignment, resale, thrift decks of all-things-winter. I’m sure you have your seasonal clearance sale all planned out, but before Continue Reading »

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Are you overworking your elves?

December 10, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Shop elves work hard in consignment, resale and thrift shops!In consignment, resale, and thrift shops, busy selling times, extended holiday hours, even a simple special event promotion might

put your staff into overtime.

In other shops, employees might be swapping normal shifts to accommodate family celebrations and travel plans.

Make sure Continue Reading »

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Before & After: Sure-fire WOM

December 9, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Forlorn into For sure!Everyone loves Before-&-After photos, right? They love them SO much, they forward and share and retweet this category more than any other (well, besides embarrassing photos of celebs.) Fat to skinny. Plain to beautiful. Shabby to chic.

You name it, they love it. Their eyes dart back and forth and they think “I can do that!”

Before-&-Afters awake the dreamer in all of us.

So why not try a before and after series on your consignment shop site, blog, or even Facebook?

What, you say? We don’t fix stuff?

The heck you don’t.

Didn’t you, just today, turn a laundry basket of out-grown toddler clothes into a rack full of irresistible outfits? Or make a neutral couch (boredom city) into a showpiece in a vignette by selecting side tables, throw pillows, lamps that enhanced it? Or help a clothes maven clear her closet and (might as make the B-&-A double-barreled!) fill her purse?

So why not talk about it? Snap some Before-&-After shots? It’s

fun to do,

fun to read about,

and makes your fans feel like they’re a true part of your shop.

Photo from Apartment Therapy.

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