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Auntie Kate {hearts} resalers

February 14, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Happy Valentine’s Day… you know how much Auntie Kate {hearts} resale shopkeepers of all sorts (well, Resale makes my heart RACE!except for some sorts; let’s be honest here 😉 )

And because Auntie Kate adores you, she wants you to know that it’s only 18 weeks until our resale industry’s annual Conference. This year it’s in Dallas. (Read about it.) (And read what Auntie Kate thinks about Conference.)

Auntie Kate has full confidence that you CAN afford to go.

Every shopkeeper…whether consignment or buy-outright…can afford to go. Yes, you can. It’s up to you. 18 weeks…can you increase your profits by just $20 a business day, and tuck that money aside to invest in the second-greatest* learning experience in your chosen field?

Of course you can. $20 extra profit a day is a piece of cake, and investing the $1800-$2500 you could be making between now and then will net you ten, twenty, even 100 times your investment, if you truly take in, absorb, question and filter all the knowledge you will get from Conference.

How will you be able to afford it?

Get out the Products for the Professional Resaler you already have in your business reference library. Find those strategies and ideas you thought were a possibility, but which you’ve not gotten around to doing. Then do them. Simple as that.

Don’t have any Products for the Professional Resaler? Get some. There’s even the cheaper-than-a-grilled-cheese Lunch with Kate Products.

Don’t want to spend ANY money making money? Then read everything here on Auntie Kate the Blog, review the hundreds of free tips and hints on TGtbT.com, get a glimpse into how your customers think at HowToConsign.com, follow Too Good to be Threw on Twitter and Facebook, and see what the Sharers have to say on our Professional Resalers’ discussion board.

(Oh, and if you’re a manager rather than the owner of a shop? Start working on the boss/ the board of directors now to pay for your professional education…and show them how you’re making the $20 extra a day with a little help from Auntie Kate!)
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Because Auntie Kate KNOWS you can’t afford NOT to go.

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* Conference is second only to all the Products for the Professional Resaler offered at Too Good to be Threw. The Products are always there for you, 24/7/365 and Conference, fun as it is, lasts just a few days. Plus, the Products, even if you buy them all, are cheaper and do not require mascara.

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Consignment, resale, thrift shop Sundays

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

Is your consignment shop heading...where you want it to?Sundays, for many of us, are for examining the larger picture. Whether in a place of worship or within your own soul:

Are you doing what you are meant to?

If you as a resaler, whether you own or operate Continue Reading »

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Where am I again? A shop-name reinforcement…

February 12, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Of course, for a window display backdrop, the lettering would be near the topIt’s always a good idea to remind customers just where they are. After all, you want them to have your shop name firmly in mind when they tell all their friends how great your consignment, thrift, or resale shop is, right?

Well, here’s a sophisticated, subtle way to reinforce your name.

I must admit, I am a sucker for store-improvement ideas…even though I am not known for my exacting artistic skills. But here’s Continue Reading »

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Trying something new…in used stuff.

February 11, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

A suggestion for consignment, resale, and thrift shops:

weird & wonderful is what many customers of consignment, resale, and thrift shops are seekingAdd a little pizzazz to your shop. While you’re changing seasons is a great time to go

Weird & Wonderful.

Think about it, or get out the results from your last Customer Survey and take a look at why your customers shop resale. One of the reasons people tell me they love to shop the small, independently-owned secondhand-merchandise places is because they can Continue Reading »

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Not-for-Profit Thrift Shops: Improving Donations

February 10, 2011 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

reach out to those in your community with quality items to donate

Reach out to those in your community with quality items to donate.

It’s not easy, being a NFP thrift store these days. (Not that it ever was.) You’d like to reach out to those in your community with quality items to donate to your worthy cause.

But how, with the limited budget and resources most charitable stores operate under?

Rung, a newly-formed NFP store benefiting the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis, has a Boutique-of-the-Month program going.

A new-merchandise shop which is likely to have a clientele that is amenable to Rung’s mission, generous with donations, and willing to work with Rung, can gain recognition by becoming a drop-off point for better donations.

See what it looks like to the public. And a PDF explaining it all to participating boutiques.

Sounds like it could be a win/win, especially if the “real” store is willing to put forth a decent effort in getting their customers involved.

More on NFP/ charity thrift shopkeeping:

If you aren’t an NFP shop but know and love one, why not send them an email linking to this post? Could be, you’d be helping a charity, and building bonds with your non-profit peers. I am sure they’d appreciate it!

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