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Deja Vuesday: Heaving ho? Nah. Use your mouse.

April 24, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

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

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Deja Vuesday

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

One of the most important ways to keep your shop fresh, your browsers engaged, and your till full, is to move stuff around.

I can hear the groans now.

But it really doesn’t have to be push-and-shove-and-call-in-the-musclemen. Break nail, break rack, end up with broken crockery and aching back.

Really. Continue Reading »

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What goes with what?

April 23, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Making your consignment, resale, thrift shop more colorful!You got this terrific vase/dress/whatever in, and you know it’ll be a show-stopper in your display window, your swing shop, or just as a table top/rack top display.

But what colors will help the show piece really stop ’em dead?

Here’s a simple tool to help. It’s a color wheel, and it will give you some great ideas of colors to match, colors to mix, and colors to accent your star merchandise with. Bookmark it, and never again will you have to stick to red white and blue.

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Watch as we discover what Pinterest DOESN’T tell you!

April 22, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Watch HowToConsign.com set up its Pinterest boards!We’re developing a Pinterest presence for HowToConsign to

make the public more aware of consignment, resale, and thrift shops.

Follow Continue Reading »

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Happy Earth Day. Just in case you forgot.

April 22, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Earth Day and ResaleSometimes, we consignment, resale, and thrift shop keepers, shoppers, and staff forget, in the flurry of fashion and style, that “saving the Earth” is a valid reason to run our businesses!

I’m always flabbergasted Continue Reading »

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How many Earths does it take?

April 21, 2012 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Fun ecological footprint quiz, but terribly flawed in that it doesn't factor in buying/ using consignment, resale, and thrift storesConsignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers might enjoy this clever quiz that “rates” Continue Reading »

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