Up 23%, down 30%, up 19%, what’s going on?

One of the things that really struck me at our annual consignment/ resale/ thrift Conference, and that has been shuffling around in my brain since late June,  is the variety of changes in business over 2008.
Most shops that I spoke to reported

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In between Conference workshops…

Wow, is all I can say…I miss those of you who couldn’t attend, LOVE seeing those of who who could, meeting faces to go with names… and finding new faces!
Great folks…I had a ball at my workshop and could have talked another hour if they’d let me. So much to tell you… when I get [...]

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Sunshine Girls (and Guys) at Sunset

Gathering “in the hotel lobby bar” became a sunset gathering on tne spacious and beautiful lawn to watch the sunset over the mountains (well, okay, so we were facing east

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Duck & Hummingbird for breakfast…

and bunny rabbit for lunch.
Yes, indeedy do. The duck was

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Conference Contest! Tell It in TEN

As those of us who are lucky enough to go to NARTS Conference get ready to go, I can’t help but try to figure a way to “bring it on home” to resalers who can’t attend this year.
Tell it in TEN: Can we get

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What to Pack for Scottsdale Conference

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Standing in your skivvies in front of your closet, wondering what to pack for NARTS Conference? Me too.
From

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Shop of the Week #7 in a Web 2.0 format!

Animoto is a fun place to make mini-videos out of still photos for your business.. to help Promote with Pizzazz, as it were. Here’s one I did a week or two ago as I was inundated with details on my new Products for the Professional Resaler, entitled Busy busy busy!
I like this program so much, [...]

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Writing for a resale audience

I just realized it’s exactly 2 weeks before I have the honor and the privilege of presenting a workshop at NARTS Conference to my consignment, resale, and thrift peers.
The workshop’s titled Be OPEN: The ABC Guide to Success and the description I wrote is “It’s easy as ABC to make

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Day 4: Focus on the Big Picture

(If you’re just arriving here at Auntie Kate’s Blog, we’re in the midst of a mini-series, or, if you will, a modest stab at a virtual consignment, resale and thrift Conference. Read our beginning message.)
It’s really easy, in any business, to get hung up on the little stuff…dare I say the petty stuff? And in [...]

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Day 3: Collect all available info

(If you’re just arriving here at Auntie Kate’s Blog, we’re in the midst of a mini-series, or, if you will, a modest stab at a virtual consignment, resale and thrift Conference. Read our beginning message.)
The lesson implicit in the 3rd question of our quiz is collect all available information before you answer or act.
Where’s the [...]

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Day 2: Think about the consequences of your actions

(If you’re just arriving here at Auntie Kate’s Blog, we’re in the midst of a mini-series, or, if you will, a modest stab at a virtual consignment, resale and thrift Conference. Read our beginning message.)
The consequences of your actions. Sounds like something your mother would say to you, doesn’t it.
But it is a real problem [...]

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4 Days to Resale Success!

To all my consignment, resale, and thrift store buddies from Too Good to be Threw, The Premiere Site for Resale Professionals, a mini-series:
4 Days to Resale Success Series

right here on Auntie Kate The Blog, starting right now.
But first, a quick overview of the 4 Daily Lessons.

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Getting ready to board the buses!

While gathering my thoughts and notecards and camera for the NARTS Bus Tour of consignment, resale, and thrift shops coming up soon during their annual Conference in Indianapolis, I ran across some notes from past events…

Looking out the windows going from shop to shop on the bus, I spotted a funky antique shop called Rust [...]

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Oh my gosh only 3 weeks ’til Conference 2008!

Time’s flying for consignment and resale shop owners across the continent.
If you haven’t registered for Conference, do it today…
If you need more info, or simply CANNOT go, listen to Kate.
And read a week by week play from last year.
And if you missed this info:
As you pack for Conference, take a moment to

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Just ONE week!

Okay, time’s getting short. Just one week until we fly our magic carpets to NARTS Conference. For those of you who cleared their calendars and worked all year to stash away the costs, it’s gonna be an exciting and profitable trip. And to those who will stay at home, we’ll take notes, we promise!
Here’s [...]

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