I’ll bet you thought I forgot all about the princess.

Well, a vampire, as mentioned earlier today here on Auntie Kate The Blog, is a pretty easy costume to pull together at any consignment or resale shop. But a princess?
At last, a use for all those ugly bridesmaid dresses. (Quick, a trip to Goodwill may be in your future…as well as a replenishing, if need [...]

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Is now a good time to open a consignment shop?

I get asked “Is now a good time to open a consignment or resale shop?” a lot.
Setting aside the current kerfuffle about CPSIA and its making basically everything that people 12 and under use or wear economically impossible to resell, and looking  optimistically forward to the sensible voiding and rewriting of this well-intended law…
Whether now’s [...]

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What a Croc….

Crocs is going to shoe the world. Read about how they are going to recycle “worn-out” Crocs into another shoe destined to protect the feet of what’s commonly called “the third world.”* Here’s a posting of the AP story.
And here’s the Crocs site explaining it all. You will notice the Wear a Pair/ Share a [...]

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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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Everybody’s doin’ it…

If it’s good enough for Julia Roberts and her children, it’s good enough for all of us!
http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/05/thrifty_julia_r.html

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