Let’s go to the mailbox! A consignment shop owner asks:

Bloggers just LIVE for the thoughtful questions posed to them, and Auntie Kate is no exception.
Imagine her delight when this missive from a resale shopkeeper landed on her virtual desktop:
I’m two months into the store and we are doing well….Still the only shop in town, doing lots of advertising, very nice and clean store, reasonable [...]

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How strict are your policies?

Do you have policies which are designed to help your business run smoothly?
Of course you do. We all do, no matter how flexible we are. Opening and closing hours, for example. The length of a lunch hour for our staff. How long our consignment period is. Even, perhaps, how many items you can “accept” per [...]

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Q & A Time: Success is overwhelming this consignment shop owner

A Sharer at Too Good to be Threw recently wrote:
Hi Kate:
I bought your manual and it has really help me with my store, however, I am growing so rapidly that I am going to have to make some changes and would like your opinion!
Right now I accept consignments everyday without an appointment (I’m open [...]

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How can a consignment shop go BANKRUPT?

That’s what one of our Sharers wanted to know the other day. It’s a common misconception. Those looking at the business from the outside in, think They get all their stock for free so what’s the big deal about starting a consignment shop?
Yes, it totally possible for a consignment shop to go bankrupt. Sometimes they [...]

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