Ever
wish you could just sit down with Kate for lunch and talk?
The TGtbT Luncheonette
is home to our mini-Products for the Professional Resaler. They're just like
sitting at the lunch counter with Kate and chatting over a grilled
cheese before you have to get back to work. And they're cheaper than
the grilled cheese too.
Each item here at the TGtbT
Luncheonette is $2.39.
They're PDQ
files only. What's a PDQ file?
Your Choice: Each is
only $2.39!

Why
We Failed Actually titled "What we did wrong in our
business," this candid 8-page essay by a Sharing participant whose
shop survived less than a year was donated to TGtbT.com so that
others might avoid his mistakes. Complete with commentary by Kate
Holmes, author of Too Good to be Threw The Complete Operations
Manual for Resale & Consignment Shops. |
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Adding
Bridal to your Consignment or Resale Shop
Have
you wondered how to make a wedding department in your shop work?
This 7-page Product will get you started!
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Making
a Change in your Consignment Agreement
The three things you must remember when making
adjustments in your consignment agreement at any point in your
shop's progress. |
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Habitize
your Retail Store Naturally & Profit! Chatting
with Cynthia:
Seems she likes to talk
over lunch, too. Cynthia Broockman of The White Elephant in VA
created a 4-page guide to using nature in your shop. Once you
see her b-&-a photos, you'll believe in the
Power of Green to Green up your store's profits. |
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| New
Product Profitability
Sarah Deveau, whose childrenswear shop was known for quality, unusual, and highly-desirable new items that
enhanced her consignment goods, shares her expertise on
finding, ordering and selling new products.
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| To Be a Resaler poster
is a PDQ
file suitable for framing and hanging in your shop. It's a nice way to let your clientele know you
care about them, their families, and our future. |
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| The
Top 21 Merchandising Tips for Resalers Turn browsers into buyers with these tips especially
for our industry |
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13 Ways to Make your Resale Shop Thrive
These are the top 13 things I wish the shops I visit would do.
So simple, yet so effective. |
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| Resale's
Cheapest Tricks & Best Buys
3 pages of ideas to get you started thinking
about materials, supplies, and props from free to under $100 to make
your merchandise look like a million |
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| Making your
Consignment Agreement Pay
This is the outline handout from one of my NARTS Conference workshops. There's 6 steps to follow, as well
as "How to be an Outrageous CONSIGNEE!" |
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| 101 Daily Tips for a Better Shop
is a collection of tips you can use every day to
remind you of steps you can take to make your shop better. |
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| The 15-Step
Approach to PROFIT Have
you lost sight of PROFIT? Here's how to look at the big picture.
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| Today's
Resale Shopper:
Get her in, Get
her happy, Get her so satisfied she'll be your BEST
advertisement! This is the outline from the NARTS Fall Seminar
in Sarasota in 2005 |
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| Smile for the
Camera:
Suggestions and a bunch of examples
Need a publicity shot taken? Kate's gathered up some ideas and
some actual examples for you |
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Visiting Other Resalers
A little field notebook to
help you examine other shops with an eye to making yours better.
Download it; print out copies to stick in your glove compartment. Learn
every time you visit another shop! |
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OPEN: The
ABC Guide to Success
Annotated handout from my
NARTS
Workshop.
The ideas all around you can guide your shop to success. It's easy as ABC. A is for ADAPT, ADOPT and AMEND all the
ideas
all around you, B is for BELIEVING in your core principles. And C is
for CREATION, making your shop more than "just another resale
shop." (Access the
free graphic aids for this workshop.) |
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Quick,
Let's Save Time
Shop-tested ways to make the most of your time at work. So
you don't have to wish there were two or even three of you. |
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