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Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

Kate Holmes of TGtbT.com & HowToConsign.com, talks with consignment, resale & thrift shopkeepers about opening, running, & making their shop THRIVE!

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Too Good to be Threw The Complete Operations Manual for Resale   & Consignment Shops

Auntie Kate The Blog is part of the Too Good to be Threw Family of Resale Sites. Meet the rest of the Family:

The Professional Resalers side of the family:

Too Good to be Threw for Professional Resalers

All the info on running a consignment shop, resale shop, or thrift store, all in one complete operations manual, the only manual written by a lifelong resale shopkeeper.

Too Good to be Threw is The Premier Site for Professional Resalers. With free articles and ideas, no wonder thousands of shopkeepers make a visit here a daily to-do!

Products for the Professional Resaler: For focused shopkeeper topics, information specifically designed for the resale industry.

We’re social, too! TGtbT is on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Lots of extra info there, so be sure to follow!

HowToConsign.com teaches consumers how to Turn Their Cluttered Closets into Cash!The Love-To-Shop side of the family:

HowToConsign.com is for customers and clients of resale shops. Turn Your Cluttered Closets into Cash! Informative articles, how to get the most out of every type of shop, and a searchable Directory of Resalers Who Welcome You…even maps to locate shops!

The How To Consign blog is a source for shoppers who love resale to keep in tune with the wonderful shops, stories, and selection the resale industry offers.

We’re social, too! HowToConsign is on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Lots of extra info there, so be sure to follow!

And meet Auntie Kate, the Family matriarch:

Auntie Kate the resale expert at Too Good to be Threw

Kate’s been around resale since she was 8. That’s a long long time. Everything about her is gently-used. And, BTW? Her copywriter father developed that tag line for her mother’s consignment shops…in 1954.

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You can email her from TGtbT.com

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