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The definitive how-to for the resale, consignment, and thrift industry. Used by many thousands of successful shops in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. Written by double-award winning consignment expert Kate Holmes, this is the "industry bible" as many shopkeepers call it. Learn More If you're not running your business every day profitably, with ease and joyfully... you need this book! Read about: Getting started: Do I have what it takes? Choosing a location, lease, name: Hidden pitfalls Your consignment agreement and your "How-to" handout Arranging your categories Keeping track of merchandise Promos, advertising, marketing and selling Financial bookwork Finding and training staff Clearance sales, pakaways, and more! Read the Table of Contents Read the Introduction Too Good to be Threw Hard-copy, indexed & illustrated, 200 pages, $76.95
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*499 Names for your Resale Shop* Just can't think of the perfect name for your shop? Here's a compendium of names, some great, some fabulous...Get your highlighter out; you'll have your name in no time flat! There's actually more than 499. *Also great for name changes, developing a tag line, naming a second shop, a department* within your growing store or for naming your new outlet store. Available as a PDQ only $4.99	Money-Wise Guide to Accepting & Pricing Accepting Merchandise with Greater Ease * �But I do it differently!� * Quicken the check-in process * Designing your check-in counter * How to Say�No�...and mean it * 10 Quick and Easy Refusals * �How can I cope with no-thank-you's and still have my suppliers happy?� * �How many items to accept and methods for getting items on the floor efficiently.� * �How do you take unlimited quantities?� * Cope with no-thank-you's and keep suppliers happy * Give yourself a break in your intake * How to Price* Making your Goods Worth More * Developing an Instinct for Pricing * Pricing: the Fine Art! * Formula for Pricing This booklet earns back its price instantly. Available as a PDQ only $19.95	*SHOW it to SELL it* Add perceived value to your goods with the proper display and merchandising. Make 50%, 60%, even more on every item! 10 Cardinal Rules of Window Displays, answers to problem windows, big windows, little windows, even the window you might forget you have. Examples from real stores, in full color. Available as a PDQ only $9.95
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Windows that Sell ! Are your windows tempting passers-by or hindering your success? How do you create a window that sells? 9 chapters including 77 Suggestions for Super Windows you and your window dressers will refer to again and again. Available as a PDQ $5.95* or Buy it hard-copy*	The Essential Guide to Using ALL Your Space The most common complaint resale shoppers have about their favorite shop? "It's so crowded!" Crowding merchandise into your shop actually cuts down on sales. Includes The Convertible Dressing Room, TGtbT's SPAN Plan, and more Available as a PDQ $9.95* or Buy it hard-copy*	Words that Sell ! Write an ad that will motivate them to buy, handouts that work and direct mail that brings them in! Do your email subject lines stand out? Do you motivate your readers? 9 chapters include 65 Ad-Starters to get you thinking creatively about your business. Available as a PDQ only $5.95
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Display Ideas from A to Z When it's time to do a SPECTACULAR window...need an idea or two? How about a whole alphabet's worth? Great companion piece to *Windows That Sell* to build your treasure trove of display ideas. Available as a PDQ $5.95* or Buy it hard-copy*	KidBiz: It's NOT Child's Play Just because the merchandise is small and cute is no reason profits can't be big and serious. Designed as a companion piece to the Manual, for those interested in having a family-merchandise or children's-only shop. See more about this Product on our Kids Page. Available as a PDQ $19.95* or Buy it hard-copy*	The Best of Growing your Business For many years. Kate has written a monthly column for the resale industry's members-only newsletter. Now, she's gathered the best of these columns into a collection. An excellent reference, and perfect for staff reading as well. PDQ file, 16 pages $6.95
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The Resaler's Guide to Furniture & Home Goods *Furniture and household accessory shops are one of the fastest-growing segments of resale.* Whether you are a specialty store or you are adding home items to your wider selection; whether you consign, buy outright or work with donated goods; there are many ways to help your customers choose to make your merchandise a part of their household. Available as a 22-page PDQ $19.95	The world's first and finest consignment shop mystery! Wendy Sam Miller is on the job: ... the consignment shop owner job, that is! Can she convince the police that the death of her friend and picker for her shop was murder not accident? Can she resist the charms of Detective Tom Litwin? Does she even want to? And can she persuade her young helper Annie that a micro-mini is not the best thing to wear when dusting high shelves in the shop? The Picker Who Perished is almost out-of-print. Get your autographed copy soon before they become collectors' items!	$Too Good to be Threw offers "L\unch with Kate" mini- Products for the Professional Resaler$ 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. Go order up some goodies!

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