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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!

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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!

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499 Names for your Resale Shop from TGtbT.com

Moneywise Guide to Accepting & Pricing from TGtbT.com

Show it to Sell It from TGtbT.com

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 $19.95 or Buy it hard-copy
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

499 Names 

Accepting & Pricing

Show it to Sell It

Products for the Professional Resaler

Windows that Sell from TGtbT.com

Using ALL your Space from TGtbT.com

Words that Sell from TGtbT.com

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 $5.95
Windows that Sell
Using ALL Your Space
Words that Sell

TGtbT.com: "Making Sure your Shop Builds from a Base of Knowledge"

Others have chosen these Layout Idea Kits:

Drop & Run : The Most Important Improvement You Can Make This time- and stress-saving system will free you up and please time-challenged suppliers.

Sales Counter Forms Layouts PLUS 10 Instant In-Store Signs

See all our Layout Idea Kits

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 only $5.95
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 what's in this Product on our Kids Page.
Available as a PDQ only $19.95
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Display Ideas
KidBiz

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