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3 Ways to Celebrate National Consignment Day 2021

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3 Ways to Celebrate National Consignment Day 2021

3 Ways to Improve Your Consignment Store Team

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started, Tips for Success

3 Ways to Improve Your Consignment Store Team

Small Changes to Make a Big Difference in Your Consignment Store

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

Small Changes to Make a Big Difference in Your Consignment Store

Consignment Store Layout Designs for Success

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

Consignment Store Layout Designs for Success

10 Questions to Ask Before Buying Software

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

10 Questions to Ask Before Buying Software

Back-to-School Consignment Shopping

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Bring Customers in For Back-to-School Consignment Shopping

Perfecting Your Consignment Acceptance Policy

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Perfecting Your Consignment Acceptance Policy

Consignment Fees and How to Use Them

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Consignment Fees and How to Use Them

Avoiding Failing as a Consignment Shop Owner

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Avoiding Failing as a Consignment Shop Owner

Consignment Store Mistakes You Might Be Making

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Consignment Store Mistakes You Might Be Making

Consignment Inventory Reduction Strategies

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Consignment Inventory Reduction Strategies

Father's Day at Your Consignment Store

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How to Celebrate Father’s Day at Your Consignment Store

Finding the Right Consignment Software for Your Store

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Finding the Right Consignment Software for Your Store

Merchandise Photography Tips for Your Consignment Store

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Merchandise Photography Tips for Your Consignment Store

Hidden Costs of Installed Software

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Hidden Costs of Installed Software

Is Your Consignment Store Ready for Mother's Day?

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Is Your Consignment Store Ready for Mother’s Day?

3 ways to improve your consignment store and avoid failing

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

3 Ways to Improve Your Consignment Store and Avoid Failing

Consignment Store Inventory Management

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

Consignment Store Inventory Management — The Ultimate Guide

Use the fourth to grow your sales

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Use the Fourth to Grow Your Sales

What Does Earth Day Mean for Consignment?

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What Does Earth Day Mean for Consignment?

Celebrities Who Support Secondhand

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Celebrities Who Support Secondhand

Promoting Sustainability in the 21st Century

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Promoting Sustainability in the 21st Century

Eggstremely Easy Easter Ideas for Your Store

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Eggstremely Easy Easter Ideas for Your Store

How to Manage Your Time as a Consignment Store Owner

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

How to Manage Your Time as a Consignment Store Owner

Digital Marketing Ideas for Consignment Stores

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Digital Marketing Ideas for Consignment Stores

4 Ways to Improve Your Store's Curb Appeal

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4 Ways to Improve Your Store’s Curb Appeal

Give Your Consignment Store a New Look

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Give Your Consignment Store a New Look

Consignment: 4 Myths and Why They're Not True

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Consignment: Four Myths and Why They’re Not True

modernizing your consignment store

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Modernizing Your Consignment Store

Growing Your Small Business in 2021 — The Essential Guide

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Growing Your Small Business in 2021 — The Essential Guide

Coming From the Younger Generation, This is How to Capture my Interest

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Coming From the Younger Generation, This is How to Capture My Interest

8 Stress Management Tips for the Small Business Owner

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8 Stress Management Tips for the Small Business Owner

A Consignment Store's Guide to Valentine's

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A Consignment Store’s Guide to Valentine’s

How to Open a Consignment Store — The Complete Guide

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How to Open a Consignment Store — The Complete Guide

how to bring more customers into your consignment store - 5 simple steps

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How to Bring More Customers Into Your Consignment Store — 5 Simple Steps

Consignment Storefront Window Display Tips

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Consignment Storefront Window Display Tips

Setting Achievable New Year's Goals for Your Shop

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Setting Achievable New Year’s Goals for Your Shop

Why Selling and Shopping Consignment is Important

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Why Selling and Shopping Consignment is Important

Post-Holiday Consignment Sale

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Post-Holiday Consignment Sale

How to Attract Last-Minute Shoppers

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How to Attract Last-Minute Shoppers

Decorating Your Shop for the Holidays

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Decorating Your Shop for the Holidays

Why Shop Consignment This Holiday Season?

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Why Shop Consignment This Holiday Season?

selling consignment this holiday season

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Selling Consignment This Holiday Season

What is Small Business Saturday?

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What is Small Business Saturday?

Sell Consignment Safely This Black Friday

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Sell Consignment Safely This Black Friday

How to Run a Facebook Live Auction

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How to Run a Facebook Live Auction

The FAQs of Marketing During a Recession

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The FAQs of Marketing During a Recession

Ways To Grow Your Business's Pinterest

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Ways To Grow Your Business’s Pinterest

Sell Consignment On Facebook Live

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Sell Consignment On Facebook Live

3 Ways To "Pumpkin" Spice Up Your Consignment Store This Fall

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3 Ways To “Pumpkin” Spice Up Your Consignment Store This Fall

Boost Your Online Consignment Store Sales

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Boost Your Online Consignment Store Sales

National Consignment Day 2020

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National Consignment Day 2020

Promoting Back to School Consignment Shopping

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Promoting Back to School Consignment Shopping

MODERN DAY SHIPPING FOR CONSIGNMENT STORES

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USHIP + SIMPLECONSIGN: MODERN-DAY SHIPPING FOR CONSIGNMENT STORES

Generate Sales Through Your Shopify Consignment Store

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Expanding Your Business

Generate Sales Through Your Shopify Consignment Store

What Is the Future of Consignment?

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Expanding Your Business

What Is the Future of Consignment?

Holiday Resale Shopping Season

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Holiday Resale Shopping Season

this year, make it a consignment christmas

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This Year, Make it a Consignment Christmas

15 Holiday Hashtags for Your Consignment Store

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15 Holiday Hashtags for Your Consignment Store

How to choose your consignment store's name

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Getting Started

How to choose your consignment store’s name

5 takeaways from our Resale Academy event

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THE RESALE ACADEMY

5 takeaways from our Resale Academy event

3 consignment store shopping trends this holiday

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3 consignment store shopping trends this holiday

9 Consignment Emails You Should Send This Holiday – Infographic

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9 Consignment Emails You Should Send This Holiday – Infographic

Build a consignment store team you can be proud of

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Build a consignment store team you can be proud of

3 ideas to celebrate National Consignment Day

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3 ideas to celebrate National Consignment Day

The final 8 weeks of 4th quarter Consignment Marketing Tips

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The final 8 weeks of 4th quarter Consignment Marketing Tips

Bold shoplifters upset more than your bottom line

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Bold shoplifters upset more than your bottom line

Your 4th quarter Consignment Marketing Plan is finished!

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Your 4th quarter Consignment Marketing Plan is finished!

It's time for your inventory reduction sale

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

17 brilliant ideas for consignment inventory reduction

Consignment store Halloween decorations should be fun

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5 consignment store Halloween ideas to draw shoppers in

Consignment shoppers want to be treated with kindness

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Ask consignment shoppers these 3 questions instead

Do you have a consignment store marketing strategy?

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Expanding Your Business

3 kick a** consignment store marketing ideas

Get off of the roller coaster and stop the cycle of discounting

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

Stop the cycle of consignment discounting

Is it better to buy or lease your consignment store property?

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started

Which is best? Buying vs. leasing consignment store property

Consignment Store Owners need to celebrate Happiness Month in August

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Personal Stories

Consignment store owners be kind to yourselves in August

Consignment store shopping for the back to school season

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How to promote back to school consignment shopping

Independent consignment store month is July!

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Promoting “Independent Consignment Store Month”

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5 More Tips For A Successful Store Event

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How to create a consignment store disaster recovery plan

Building Consignment Store Loyalty Through Email

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Building Consignment Store Loyalty Through Email

A sweet little shop where resellers stock new merchandise

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5 reasons resellers stock new merchandise

Always reward your best consignors

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Expanding Your Business

4 shrewd tactics to attract the best consignors

Make sure your consignment shop cash wrap is neat and tidy

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13 ways to improve your consignment shop cash wrap

Boost consignment summer sales and cool down with a slice of watermelon

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5 hot ideas to boost consignment summer sales

Better online consignment sales begin with the SimpleConsign photo app

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How to photograph for online consignment sales

Team Traxia was blessed to serve Coyote Hill

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Personal Stories

Celebrating Easter the Team Traxia way

5 DIY consignment window displays

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5 DIY summer consignment store window displays

Younger consignment shoppers are dedicated to their phones

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Expanding Your Business

7 ideas to entice younger consignment shoppers

So much to learn about consignment around the world

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Consignment Around The World

Consignment Shops around the World

Consigning in the UK

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Consignment Around The World

Consigning in the UK has a special name

Consignment in Hong Kong

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Consignment Around The World, Personal Stories

Consignment in Hong Kong is unbelievably creative

Resale in Japan

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Consignment Around The World

Resale in Japan delivers crazy fun

5 tactics for boosting consignment sales

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Expanding Your Business

5 tactics for boosting consignment sales

Here's how you can save on consignment inventory costs

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4 tips to save on consignment inventory costs

Consignment Shop Chargebacks are a difficult part of doing business

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How to protect against consignment shop chargebacks

8 Consignment Fees To Boost Your Bottom Line

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Getting Started

8 Consignment Fees To Boost Your Bottom Line

Yes, Deb was a Secret Shopper

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Expanding Your Business, Personal Stories

The confession of a one-time Secret Shopper

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Tips for Success

8 Must-Haves For A Dynamite Consignment Store Event

Your consignment shop's message is #ShopGreen19

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Expanding Your Business

#ShopGreen19 is every consignment shop’s message

Be sure not to make these marketing mistakes

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Tips for Success

3 costly marketing mistakes you’re probably making

A consignment POS system is essential

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Getting Started

7 harsh realities of not having a consignment POS system

Update your outdated rewards program

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Expanding Your Business

How to update your outdated consignment rewards program

Consignment Shops can learn from Sears failure

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4 lessons consignment shops can learn from Sears’ downfall

Here's 5 reasons why you should consign through a consignment store

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Personal Stories

5 reasons selling through a consignment store makes sense

Make sure your consignment store's reputation matches what you think it should be

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Expanding Your Business

How to maintain your consignment store’s reputation

Counterfeit handbags are becoming harder and harder to detect

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

Protecting yourself from counterfeit handbags

Make sure your consignment intake process is rock solid

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Getting Started

How to make your consignment intake policy rock solid

These ingredients will sweeten your holiday sales

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4 ingredients to sweeten holiday sales

You now have the ability to split payments between credit cards

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Expanding Your Business

How to increase sales with split payments

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Make your consignment Facebook work harder

6 steps to improve your online consignment store

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Expanding Your Business

6 steps to a more engaging online consignment store

Knock out your store's holiday competition with one of these ideas

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How to take on your store’s holiday competition and win

You can create the consignment store target effect

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How to create the consignment store “target effect”

Clever marketing ideas begin here

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3 clever marketing ideas for the month of November

Make sure your consignor contracts are very clear

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Personal Stories, Tips for Success

How to write Consignor Contracts aka don’t get bats in your bathroom

10 Steps To Improve Consignment Email Marketing

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10 Steps To Improve Consignment Email Marketing

a clock and layaway ticket

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Expanding Your Business, Personal Stories

How layaway saved my high school reunion

The fear of failure is the #1 resale business owner fear

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How to overcome your #1 resale business owner fear

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Relax! Your 4th quarter marketing calendar is done

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Get back on track by rebranding your consignment store

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How your secondhand store can use color to sell more

Consignment Store Design That Gets Those Shoppers Buying!

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Getting Started

Consignment Store Design That Gets Those Shoppers Buying!

Consignment Employee Training happens here

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Getting Started

Consignment Employee Training 101

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Expanding Your Business

3 reasons it’s time to create Resale-as-a-Service

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A sales tax holiday is in your resale store’s future

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6 steps to create your ideal consignment customer

Sniff out your resale competition

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Expanding Your Business

How to sniff out your resale competition

The resale conference booklet

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Expanding Your Business

National resale conference takeaways and photos

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How to change that old secondhand shop mentality

Your are your resale brand

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Build your resale brand by asking 8 important questions

The national resale conference is a must

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3 Reasons To Attend The National Resale Conference

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Understanding the remarkable brain of female shoppers

Build your brand through your front windows

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How to build your brand through your front window

Selling the right merchandise to customers who will buy

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Getting Started

How to know you’re selling the right merchandise

Negotiating employee time off before they quit

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4 tips for negotiating employee time off requests fairly

Brand ambassadors are essential for your success

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3 reasons you need to court brand ambassadors

A resale store's visual image needs to be communicated properly

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

What does your resale store’s visual image communicate? Infographic

Resale store holidays include Earth Day

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Tips for Success

2 special days resale stores should observe in April

Before buying an existing resale shop ask a lot of questions

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Getting Started

What to consider when buying an existing resale store

Slow-moving consignment inventory must be cleared out quickly

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Tips for Success

4 ways to clear slow-moving consignment inventory

Here's how to accomplish consignment store feng shui

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Getting Started

10 surprising consignment store Feng Shui tips

You can do word-of-mouth marketing for free

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

SlideShare: How to build effective word-of-mouth marketing

Consignment store hashtags need to be used correctly

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Are you using consignment store hashtags correctly?

Fun spring consignment promotions for your consignment customers

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6 spring consignment promotions to wow your customers

Curvy Girl Kate's rocks the DIY challenge

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Curvy Girl Kate’s rocks the Traxia DIY challenge

Window decorations that use hearts

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15 fun and easy window decorations to celebrate the season of love

Here is how not to upsell a consignment customer

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Tips for Success

How to cross-sell a consignment customer

Offer fun DIY classes for Consignment Winter Clearance

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Expanding Your Business

How to host a fun DIY class for your consignment winter clearance

10 useful customer service tips to use for sales training

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Tips for Success

10 customer service tips your sales team needs to adopt today

Consignment Stores need to think outside the box to succeed

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Expanding Your Business

How consignment stores can learn from retail in 2018

Set your consignment resolutions for 2018

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Tips for Success

6 challenging consignment resolutions for 2018

Too many choices is why I believe 2018 is the year of resale

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Personal Stories

3 reasons why I believe 2018 will be the year of resale

5 Common Mistakes Consignment Shops Make

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Getting Started

5 Common Mistakes Consignment Shops Make

5 Steps To A Successful Consignment Business

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Getting Started

5 Steps To A Successful Consignment Business

Name your consignment shop by following these 6 steops

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

How to name your consignment shop in 6 easy steps

Improve your resale shops inventory

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How to improve your resale shop’s inventory with 1 word, okay maybe 2

Your shop needs to sizzle in December

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31 opportunities for your shop to sizzle in December

The elephant in the room is theft

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How to tackle the elephant in the room…theft.

Resale in the Land Down Under

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Consignment Around The World

How they do resale in the Land Down Under

Improve your resale business by reading Raising the Resale Bar

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Tips for Success

150 ways to improve your resale business immediately

6 Quick And Easy Changes That Will Improve Store Design

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6 Quick And Easy Changes That Will Improve Store Design

Consignment stores can and should compete against the bigger stores

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How consignment can run with the big dogs this Christmas

A secondhand store's brand should include pics of their staff

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Getting Started

6 tips to build your secondhand store’s brand

Consignment Store holiday windows that rock

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Tips for Success

How to create killer consignment store holiday windows

Resale Partners Transitional Design

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Resale Partners

Resale Partners: Transitional Design gives peace of mind through resale

Resale Clienteling means keeping excellent notes on your best customers

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Expanding Your Business

How to implement genuine resale clienteling

3 ways to beat the resale business owner blues

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How to beat the resale business owner blues

Resale Partners Just For You Shoppe

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Resale Partners

Resale Partners: Treasure hunting became a livelihood with Just For You

It is possible to get true authenticity when reselling luxury goods

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

How to determine true authenticity when reselling high-end handbags

The #1 Consignment Store Holiday Marketing Guide

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How to Use the #1 Consignment Store Holiday Marketing Guide

How To Design Your Resale Store To Attract The Next Generation

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How To Design Your Resale Store To Attract The Next Generation

Track employee time without a dinosaur. Yay!

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How to track employee time the mobile way

Resale Partners: Kari's Treasure Trove co-owners

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Resale Partners

Resale Partners: How Kari’s Treasure Trove was 23+ years in the making

Really motivated employees need consistent training

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Tips for Success

How to nurture your best and most motivated employees

The Open sign once I name my resale shop

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Getting Started

How to precisely name my resale shop – infographic

Your Resale Business Plan could be missing something

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Getting Started

How to improve a mediocre resale business plan

Get a piece of the Back-to-school pie

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How to get a piece of your community’s back-to-school pie

Don't get stuck without a fun summer marketing event

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Don’t get stuck without a fun summer marketing event

Social Media site icons

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How To Know Which Social Media Site Is Best For You

The 7 Reasons Consignment Shops Fail And How To Avoid Them

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The 7 Reasons Consignment Shops Fail And How To Avoid Them

It's good to offer a little Facebook TLC

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3 steps to add a little Facebook TLC

Generation Z consignors need to be courted

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How to be a leader for Generation Z consignors

Offer an award for your Customer Loyalty Program

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How to create a customer loyalty program and increase sales

Make sure your store merchandising is effective

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4 crazy examples of “innovative” store merchandising

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Summer merchandising displays that will create an impact

Increase consignment sales with active listening

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How to increase consignment sales with active listening

Don't be afraid of Consignment Competition

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Do not be terrified of the dreaded Consignment Competition

Your salespeople should be playing for KEEPS

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Tips for Success

How to guarantee your salespeople are playing for KEEPS

Our new site lists our new consignment features

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started

New consignment features. New website. Same great software.

Add some fun with resale-tainment

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Expanding Your Business

How to make shoppers happy with simple resale-tainment

When you tell consignors no they may cry

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Getting Started

How to tell consignors no in 5 easy steps

Make plans for consignment shop spring cleaning

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Tips for Success

6 tips for consignment shop spring cleaning

Facebook failures are bound to happen

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8 Facebook failures you don’t want to make

A shrewd consignment shopper

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Expanding Your Business

Unlock the mind of the shrewd consignment shopper

10 Surefire Ways To Be A Successful Consignment Shop Owner

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

10 Surefire Ways To Be A Successful Consignment Shop Owner

Use a great consignor challenge

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Tips for Success

Build your inventory with a surprising consignor challenge

reduce inventory with a winter clearance sale

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Tips for Success

Want to have fun and reduce inventory at the same time?

a shop where resellers stock new merchandise too

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Tips for Success

5 reasons resellers stock new merchandise

The doctor is asking if you have a healthy consignment shop

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Getting Started

What you need to have a healthy consignment shop

The future of resale

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Expanding Your Business

Let’s look at the future of resale in 2017

Consignment software acts like velcro

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Getting Started

10 Reasons You Need The Best Consignment Software

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Tips for Success

Who are the superheroes of the consignment industry?

holiday party

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

A holiday party warning from Scrooge

Which resale loving celebrity are you closest to?

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Personal Stories

Find out which resale-loving celebrity is just like you

This woman is keeping resale secrets

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Expanding Your Business

3 sensational resale secrets our industry needs to tell

Plan out your holiday marketing budget

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Expanding Your Business

Squeeze more out of your holiday marketing budget

Video marketing doesn't need a clapper board

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Tips for Success

Generate free video marketing this holiday

online listing sites

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

Top 10 online listings where your shop must be found

planning my daughter's wedding makes me a savvy shopper

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Personal Stories, Tips for Success

6 simple strategies to snag a savvy shopper

make sure your shop is mobile friendly

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Tips for Success

Are you sure your business is mobile friendly?

Hire the best part-time employees

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

The ultimate guide for hiring the best part-time employees

Make the best use of your signage

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Expanding Your Business

How to make the most of your signage – Infographic

Your business future starts with an idea

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Tips for Success

Do you have a dream for a vibrant business future?

Selfies at your shop are customer content

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

Customer content is the best way to promote yourself

Use a calendar in your seasonal countdown

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

One big holiday planning guide essential for survival

Fall decorations with Japanese lanterns

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Tips for Success

4 cheap and easy fall merchandising ideas

Consignment Shops in Vietnam

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Consignment Around The World

Consignment in Vietnam delivers one big surprise

Give your best consignors a trophy

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started, Tips for Success

4 shrewd tactics to attract the best consignors

Facebook ads are great

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

8 simple steps to creating fantastic Facebook ads

Saleswoman cross-selling and upselling a customer

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Tips for Success

3 sure fire consignment cross-selling and upselling tips

It's back to school time already

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Expanding Your Business, Tips for Success

How To Reel In Those Back To School Shoppers

protect your shop online

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

5 practical ways to protect your shop online

the young woman is a loyal shopper

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started, Tips for Success

Top 12 sales tips you need to gain loyal shoppers

When setting correct price points, be like Goldilocks

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Getting Started

4 tips for setting correct price points

struggling shop owner

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Expanding Your Business

Confessions of a struggling shop owner

A closed sign is a definite sign of failure

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started

4 lessons learned from retail’s failure

13 Questions To Ask Before Buying Consignment Store Software

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Getting Started

13 Questions To Ask Before Buying Consignment Store Software

The customer isn't always right is very true

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

15 tactics to use when the customer isn’t always right

One of the effective salespeople

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

5 traits of highly effective salespeople

Employee theft is hard to catch

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Tips for Success

How to prevent employee theft from happening to you

Consignment Inventory management

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Getting Started

How to manage your consignment inventory

Time to close this shop

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Tips for Success

How to know it’s time to close up shop

Zombies who missed the disaster recovery plan

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

How to create a disaster recovery plan to save your resale store.

Woman spring cleaning her shop

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Tips for Success

6 tips for spring cleaning your shop

Facebook's emoticons on a cell phone

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Tips for Success

Are Facebook’s emoticons good for business?

Expand your shop

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started

How to know you’re ready to expand your shop

Consignment Shop Cash Wrap with a salesperson

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

13 ways to improve your consignment shop cash wrap

Vintage Valentine card

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Expanding Your Business, Getting Started, Tips for Success

5 ways to tell them you love them

These merchandise photography tips can be used with your cell phone

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

10 merchandise photography tips to sell more online

The typical resale shop owner

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

The “typical” resale shop owner – Infographic

Inventory Clearance Sale

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Getting Started, Tips for Success

17 brilliant ideas for inventory reduction

Happy New Year!

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Tips for Success

Now’s the time to look ahead to consignment’s future

The top 10 reasons you may need to open a resale shop

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Getting Started, Personal Stories

The top 10 reasons why you should open a resale shop

Resources including my amazing blog

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Tips for Success

The 3 most read posts for 2015

dog with a ball that looks like teeth

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Expanding Your Business, Personal Stories

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.

woman on computer

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15 ways to donate consignment items and declutter

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4 iPhone photo basics for the best consignment store photos

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4 retail stats consignment and resale needs to watch

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Pickup and delivery options you need to consider

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5 consignment & resale resolutions for 2015

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Should you say “Merry Christmas!”?

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4 factors that reveal resale’s future is rosy

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How to be a Shop Small champion

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Tax-Exempt Weekends And More For Back-to-School

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14 Simple Ways To Build Your Store’s Email List

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