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Stuff for consignment and resale shopkeepers to do over the weekend.

June 11, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Make a friend in the resale, thrift, consignment business

Click the friends to join us!

* Check out the “Blogs for Consignment & Resale Shopkeepers” I posted a while back. Add the ones you love by adding a comment to this entry.

* Learn how NOT to play store (a 4-part series.) Tell us about when you finally felt like a real grown-up proprietor by clicking on comment.

* Listen to some new music. Tell us what you listen to.

* Find out what kind of flower you are. (I’m still a daffodil.)

See a trend here? Getting involved means a lot. To you, to your business, to me. Sittin’ by yourself under the apple tree doesn’t do nothin’. Take PART. Geez, you cannot live on tweets.

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Oh my papa, to me he is so wonderfully gently-used!

June 10, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Help Dad have a great Father's DayJust because you don’t carry “guy stuff” doesn’t mean you can’t make money on this holiday!


Newspaper item: Anticipated PER PERSON spending on Father’s Day up 58% to almost $100! You just gonna let them go Continue Reading »

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Consignment and Resale Display Inspiration

June 9, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Sometimes it’s a challenge to make the variety of home goods and furniture that come into your shop look good.

But oh, when there’s experts doing the arranging, the results can be spectacular.

Here’s a true treasure trove of inspiration, curated especially for the resale industry by Kate Holmes.

More ideas on the Too Good to be Threw Furniture Page, and…

Did I mention that The Resaler’s Guide to Furniture & Home Goods from TGtbT.com is perfect for any type of shop that sells home decor, knick knacks, furniture as an add-on to clothing, and of course to furniture-focus stores?

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Are your windows doing their job?

June 8, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Here’s a statistic to warm the cockles of your heart:

If your windows pull in 10 extra customers a day who spend $50 each, the annual increase in sales will exceed $182,000.

A consignment or resale display to catch the eye...and wallet...of passersby.

(And that statistic is based on those customers just buying once and disappearing… imagine how your sales will increase when you turn them into regulars and fans!)

A window worth doing is a window worth doing well. And now you can get

Specific-to-resale window display ideas and information. Quick, to-the-point, and geared especially for our varied (and sometimes strange) merchandise mix. Just click the book and it can be yours!

Too Good to be Threw's Kate hHolmes helps you with Window DisplaysThe Big Book of Window Displays Especially for Resale Shops is waiting for you!

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Consignment / resale shop Weekend Project

June 5, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Introduce your staff.

Introduce your staff.

Here’s the perfect weekend project for consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers, assuming no one’s graduating or getting married this perfect June day. It’s advertising, it’s PR, it’s a way of pulling your business out of the dreaded Sea of Sameness, and it’s fun as well: create Continue Reading »

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