This entry’s title should be: So what’s the deal with
label-stealing, just what’s a label whore, and why NYCers are ill-equipped to take over the world, regardless of what they think. But that’s almost as long as this entry.
Lots of resale shops have been complaining recently about consumers actually stealing, not the merchandise, but the LABELS out of the clothes. Here’s an entertaining take on just what folks are DOING with the labels: Continue Reading »
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I’m serious here. You open your mailbox, and what’s in it? Advertising circulars from places you haven’t the faintest interest in, bills you owe and bills you forgot you owe, maybe a postcard reminding you to make a dental appointment. Bor-ing.
But wait! What’s THIS? A genuine, hand-addressed letter to you? Could it be? Your hands tremble, your breath comes a little faster, and you try to remember where you put that elegant little letter opener Continue Reading »
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Roswell New Mexico is having its Alien Festival this weekend, and we thought you’d enjoy this Alien Runway Divas window display at Once Again Consignment, a HowToConsign Sponsor. The shop’s owner, MollyB! , says it won first prize in MainStreet Roswell’s contest. We can just imagine that those alien shoppers are in need of some great retail therapy after that long and boring interstellar voyage. Here’s hoping they visit Once Again.
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Do you really want to see how heavily you tread upon the earth? Go to theEarth Day Footprint Quiz.
The only way I got my “footprint” down to less than average? I clicked 7 people living in my 500-sq-ft-or-smaller house, all vegetarians, no cars. They didn’t ask if me and my 6 closest (hey, 500 sq ft) friends were all nudists. (Pound of pesticides for every t-shirt and jeans outfit, donchaknow.)
Come ON. Don’t you think they ought to give us credit for being in the resale industry? MY t-shirt and my jeans are recycled and of course, my goal is to have EVERYONE wearing the same…except for my treasured consignors, who must keep shopping in “real” stores to keep my shop supplied! 😉
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And, of course, we’re talking about your business card. I gathered up quite a few at the industry conference this past weekend, and on Too Good to be Threw I talk about these most miraculous, cheap forms of advertising…and how you might be missing the boat with yours.
Think about 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
