(If you’re just arriving here at Auntie Kate’s Blog, we’re in the midst of a mini-series. Read our beginning message.)
But it is a real problem for some folks. They forge ahead with a policy or procedure in their resale or consignment shop without projecting forward and examining what they have just set in motion. If you plant pole beans, Continue Reading »
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To all my consignment, resale, and thrift store buddies from Too Good to be Threw, The Premier Site for Resale Professionals, a mini-series:
right here on Auntie Kate The Blog, starting right now.
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Do you know your neighbors? I don’t.
Oh, I do know the lady to the south, and like her. To the north? An extended family lives there… several generations, whose language I cannot identify, yet alone understand. They have a nice dog, though. Across the street? One of a half-dozen folks I know.
A woman around the corner Continue Reading »
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One of the great advantages of running a retail resale, consignment, or thrift shop is that you get to nose around in other shops disguised as a customer. We don’t often appreciate this. I mean, rocket scientists can’t through other rocket-scientist-labs and widget makers are usually banned from other widget workshops.
But we, lucky little entrepreneurial spirits that we are, can sashay into any darn shop we like and flex our thumbs up or down. Looking at other shops, be they Kohl’s or Tiffany’s, can be enlightening. But it’s especially helpful Continue Reading »
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Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
