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Banish Boring Resale Dressing Rooms!

February 19, 2015 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

If your dressing rooms aren’t all you dream they can be, click through our gallery here for some Auntie Kate ideas.

Dressing room tip to make 'em smile in your consignment shop
I have three hooks for clothes in my dressing room.
Resale dressing rooms from TGtbT.com
Separate but Equal Dressing Rooms
The Apache Blessing as consignment shop dressing room names
What do you call your dressing rooms?
Make room in your consignment dresing room
Making more room in that dressing room
armoire dressing room from TGtbT.com
What to do when you have an armoire but no dressing rooms
More dressing rooms for consignment shops from Kate Holmes
Dressing rooms to dream of

Lots more dressing room (and other) ideas on the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest Boards, too.

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Thought for the Day. It’ll make you smile or ponder.

February 17, 2015 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

As consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers, we have lots and lots of people to interact with and a zillion things to do.

And sometimes, just sometimes, we can all get a bit too, shall we say, focused?

Maybe this graphic will make you smile or will relieve a bit of stress.

Don't take yourself too seriously, says TGtbT.com

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Top 12 Tips for Business Owners

February 15, 2015 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Love this article. Almost every word applies to our resale industry, as well as the author’s field of specialization. For example:

Everyone should have their own ‘Not To Do’ list.  I sit down regularly and make a list of all the things I have spent time on that have amounted to nothing.  It’s smart to post your ‘Not To Do’ list where you’re bound see it so you’re reminded to do more productive things

Read Barbara Corcoran’s article.

 

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Wanna buy a ghost? You will, after you read this.

February 12, 2015 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

If you sell online… or even if you just use merchandise photos online to induce shoppers to visit your bricks-&-mortar consignment sop or thrift store, surely you’ve envied those neat photos you see Continue Reading »

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Your gift swing shop

February 9, 2015 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Do your consignment or resale customers buy from you…

to give as a gift?

Lots of shopkeepers would say no, their clientele won’t buy used items as presents. But what if you featured giftable items in your shop… whether “new with tags” goods, items you bought new specifically to resell, or simply might-as-well-be-new merchandise?

And what if, whenever a gift-giving occasion comes around on the calendar, you set up a swing shop, or just a tabletop, of suggestions with a sign saying

All wrapped up and ready to BOW!

Here’s some visual stimulation for such a gift swing shop:

Make some gift boxes just as props, make others so you can lay goods in them. Think extravagant, fresh, over-the-top… and don’t forget the tablecloth!

Add some flowers, real or faux. This baby’s breath and butterflies arrangement could be a focal point for your swing shop of gifts for spring, Mother’s Day, a display of baby shower gifts…

Sometimes, all it takes to turn a dull table-top collection of gift items into something really special are those twinkle lights from last Christmas…

 

Sure, this display is from a “real” shop… but gathering patriotic, summery items with these types of props could cover Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Labor Day.

 

So next time a gift-giving holiday occurs, be sure to gather up your ideas, add some fresh decor and wrapping ideas, and watch your merchandise sell!

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