Monday, January 17, 2011

GYMBOREE

If you are like me, you love Gymboree on your children! Not only is it adorable, but it washes great! We at Encores and More North have heard you guys asking for more Gymboree and we are here to answer the call for the Spring/Summer 2011 sale.

We looked at past sales and feel like sets sell better than pieces. Let's face it, if you have a pair of shorts with an elephant on them, it's much harder to find a top! At this point (January 2011), I know we already have almost $100,000 retail in NEW Gymboree sets. We will have both boy and girl sets with sizes from newborn to size 12. You will find the most selection in sizes 12M-8. Everything will be priced 50-70% off retail! So get ready to shop and please don't hesitate to let us know if there are other brands of kids clothing or shoes you would love to see more of!

We will have a few pieces that aren't sets (like boy's polos and shorts that can go with anything). Here are a few pictures of things you can find at Encores North at our Spring sale!




Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ready, set....TAG!!

Yes, it's time for the Spring/Summer 2011 sales!

It's time to drag out those tubs, bribe your kids to clean out toys, and stock up on cardstock and hangers. It's time to line up your childcare and set up your worker shifts. It's time to get your consignor number and set up drop off appointments. It's time!

In our area (Nashville), I have noticed that more and more sales are starting earlier and earlier. I have many people ask me why I don't move ours up? Well, in my opinion, if it's not broke-don't fix it! We always do our Spring/Summer sale the first two weeks in March and the Fall/Winter sale the first two weeks in August. If we move the sale up to February, we start competing with snow, ice, freezing temps, and lack of time to get everything ready. March just feels more springy to me than February. I feel like we have barely wrapped up Christmas and it's already time to prepare for the March sale, so I personally can't imagine it being any earlier. Plus, our kids aren't going to wear Spring/Summer clothing in February!

We have big things in the works for our Spring 2011 sale. The key to a great sale (in my opinion) is ORGANIZATION so we are hoping to knock our shoppers socks off by being more organized than ever! Keep checking back as I walk you through getting your items ready, but for now...just getting it all together in one place is enough! Start looking in the laundry room for the shorts that go with that top, clean out the closets, and start bribing those kids for toys!