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Perfect Reason Not to Open a Resale or Consignment Shop

March 16, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Here’s a message I came across recently:

“[A]ll I want to do is stay home with my family. That’s the whole reason I’m giving this business thinga go. I just want to get to the point that I can hire someone and only have to be there a couple days a week myself.”

I didn’t even know how to reply to this remark. Except: It’s a lot easier and cheaper to, uh, just stay home with the family.

Consignment and resale shopkeeping is a lot of work --Kate Holmes, TGtbT.com

How to avoid getting into this situation yourself? Read and heed Too Good to be Threw Complete Operations Manual for Resale & Consignment Shops before you lease that space, buy that business, or tell all your friends to start saving their stuff.

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Jewelry Up Close & Personal

March 13, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

One of the most profitable things you can sell in your shop is jewelry. Why? Well, if you follow the advice in the Manual, the mark-up can be terrific; jewelry takes up little space so your dollars per square foot can reach into the thousands; and because, well because jewelry fits most everyone!

The secret to selling more jewelry? Show it on your social media. Which means taking pictures. Which means

taking really GOOD pictures.

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Learn a Lot: Backsides count.

March 9, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

I snapped this pic of the side window at Trader Joe’s. The only people who’d see this are those parked on that side of the building, like me.

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Have we really TALKED about Weird & Wonderful?

March 7, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

One of my favorite techniques for spicing up resale shops and expanding not just their customer base but also their word of mouth is a department called

Weird & Wonderful.

But it occurred to me the other day that Continue Reading »

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Terrible. Truly.

March 1, 2017 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

How you could be hurting your business by having too much. And what to do about it. From Too Good to be Threw.

Can anyone look through this merchandise, asks Auntie Kate of TGtbT.com

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