Success stories

About Paradise Vintage Market Beth Cooper Meyer has been in the antique business for most of her life. As a kid in Topeka, Kansas, she watched her mother buy furniture at auctions, refinish it, and resell it. At 18 she ran a small flea market business in Oklahoma, and later kept a booth in an antique mall in Arkansas. When she moved to Southwest Florida, she found a very different market. Many people relocating there had already sold off their Victorian and plantation-style furniture, and...

About Fiddle & Find Caitlin Shannon didn't come from retail. She spent her career as a pediatric and labor and delivery nurse before a chance conversation at a kids' consignment shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire changed everything. The owners offered to franchise their store, and while Caitlin ultimately decided to go independent, that conversation planted a seed — and less than two years later, Fiddle & Find was open.The shop carries children's clothing, toys, books, maternity and nursing...

About Manchester Craft Market Manchester Craft Market has been championing local makers since 2016. What began as a weekend popup at a Manchester, NH mall quickly grew into something the community didn't know it needed — a permanent space where local artists and craftspeople could sell their work without running their own shop. The concept is simple: vendors focus on making, Manchester Craft Market handles the rest. Today, it looks like a thriving vendor mall with a team of 12, and 307+ active...

About Fianna Hills Consignment Boutique Some businesses are built on spreadsheets and projections. Fianna Hills Consignment Boutique was built on a mother-daughter dream. When the owner, Sheryl Carter, and her mother decided to take the leap in 2003, they didn't have a playbook, just a shared love of consignment and a genuine knack for connecting with people. They started small. A little hole-in-the-wall space, a lot of patience, and two people who believed that great customer service could...

About The Closet Trading Company The Closet Trading Co. began in 2003 as a college side hustle and grew into one of Southern California's most beloved women's resale boutiques. In 2003, founder Johanna Zlenko took over a small Santa Barbara boutique, planting the seeds for what would become The Closet Trading Co. When the 2008 recession hit, Johanna leaned in rather than pulling back, opening a second location and turning what had begun as a college side hustle into a full-time career. Today,...

About Main Street Antiques on Harrison Main Street Antiques on Harrison is a 16,000 square-foot antique and vintage shop in Florida, approaching its 11th year in business. The store was founded by Liane Harding, a paramedic of 30 years who spent her off-hours hunting yard sales and wandering antique malls as a way to decompress. What started as a personal collection, grew into one of the region's larger antique retail operations. Liane's passion for the business goes beyond the merchandise. A...

About the store Sundown Ski Patrol is a nonprofit organization that runs one of the longest-running ski swaps on the East Coast, a tradition spanning over 30 years. Once a year, in the first weekend of November, the patrol transforms a ski lodge into a fully operational consignment store. Inventory comes from two sources: roughly 8 local ski shops contributing 2,500–3,000 items, and 300–400 public consignor families bringing in approximately 1,000 more. All ~4,000 items are loaded and tagged in...

Overview Running a consignment store is an enormous undertaking—especially for a first-time shop owner. For Emily Bostian, owner of Jolliffe’s, the journey into retail wasn’t planned. But with community support, a well-timed opportunity, and the right technology, Jolliffe’s has quickly grown into a beloved consignment destination in Beaverton, Oregon.

Overview In the heart of Suffolk, Virginia, sits a 1910 brick building with a new lease on life. Once part of a bustling suburb that faded when a highway expansion diverted traffic, the building now houses Miss Lilly’s Trading Post LLC — a consignment shop and market bringing both charm and commerce back to the community.

Overview Brooke Flora spent a decade as a nurse and when COVID hit, the burnout hit—so she bravely stepped back from nursing, searching for a way to reboot her life and start something new.