CBS Affiliate Highlights the Money to be Made in Owning a Just Between Friends Consignment Sale Franchise

Local news station attends a consignment sale franchise event in Denton, Texas to take a look inside the increasingly popular business

Just Between Friends consignment sale franchise CBS affiliate features Just Between Friends team member on the money to be made in running a consignment sale franchise. CBS-DFW recently highlighted the amazing savings that shoppers find, as well as the big bucks that consignment sale franchise owners rake in at Just Between Friends sales events. The article and television segment were both titled, “Mom Makes Thousands Selling Children’s Clothes,” and featured a Just Between Friends consignment sale franchise event in Denton, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. “The bargains are so good here that a lot of people don’t use hand baskets to shop but they use wagons,” says Joel Thomas, journalist with CBS-DFW in the television segment. “Families flock to consignment sales like this where a thrifty parent can see huge bargains.” Joel interviews Just Between Friends consignment sales franchise team member Jennifer Templeton on her ability to make a profit out of the lightly used children’s clothing that she sells second hand. ““I do, I see the profit,” Jennifer says. “It’s sort of like a fun thing for us. I don’t know, it’s kind of like treasure hunting.” The article points out that Jennifer made $4,000 during one weekend of Just Between Friends consignment sales event, which was used for her son’s orthodontist bill. Just Between Friends consignment sale franchise Just Between Friends is a the largest consignment sale franchise in the nation, hosting over 140 events a year in North America. “We finished with his braces, we paid off his braces with my JBF money,” she says in the article. “We went to Gulf Shores, Alabama last summer. “If you love looking for bargains and getting a bargain and making money, this is it! It’s fun. To me is just fine. It’s almost not even work.” View the CBS-DFW television segment and print article on Just Between Friends consignment sales franchise by clicking here. Just Between Friends is the leading pop-up consignment sales event franchise in the nation with more than 140 events in the US and Canada – each run by local families. Shannon co-founded it in 1997 in her living room in Tulsa, Okla. Local families sign up as consignors to sell the new and gently used children’s and maternity items their families have outgrown. They prep their own items, price and tag them and can earn up to 70%. Other families will shop and can typically save between 50 and 90%. In 2014 their system-wide sales topped 26 million dollars and helped more than 600,000 families. In this age of thrift, discount and bargain shopping are no longer stigmatized. As a result of the Great Recession and online shopping, consumers are savvier than ever before — and they expect every dollar to go further.

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Just Between Friends is the leading pop-up consignment sale franchise in the nation, with more than 140 events in the US and Canada – each run by local families. Shannon co-founded it in 1997 in her living room in Tulsa, Okla. In 2014, our system-wide sales topped 26 million dollars and helped more than 600,000 families. In this age of thrift, discount and bargain shopping are no longer stigmatized. As a result of the Great Recession and online shopping, consumers are savvier than ever before — and they expect every dollar to go further. For in-depth details about the Just Between Friends franchise opportunity,  download our free franchise report. You can also learn more by visiting our  research pages.

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