Sentence examples for consignment business from inspiring English sources

One of Will's classmates, Ashley Waters, 16, who helps her father with his antique consignment business, agreed.

Viyet, an online furniture consignment business, was created for people who want to sell their goods but are wary of Craigslist and eBay.

The idea behind Lacquerous came from Ms. Nand, who said she had become obsessed with nail art while she was running an online consignment business.

Hawaii is a transient place, he said, which is good for people in the consignment business: whenever someone moves, inventory swells.

In fact, many of his colleagues in the antique and consignment business have found the virtual marketplace more compelling than an ordinary storefront, Mr. Katon said.

Threadflip and Hello la Mode are both new, but The RealReal has been in the online consignment business for more than a year, and September marked the company's first $1 million in sales for the month, its chief executive, Julie Wainwright, said.

But he warned that because of the added overhead costs of running a full-fledged retail operation, such consignment businesses could have a tougher time making money.

He got three paintings on consignment from American colleagues, business being business.

Most of the people taking this sales approach are small-scale entrepreneurs and artists, looking for another way to find customers for their consignment shops and jewelry businesses.

This is especially helpful for businesses handling consignment merchandise; the price tag portion the clerk retains may include the consignor's ID as well as the price and item description.

ThredUP has rapidly grown its user base since it refocused its business to online consignment earlier this year, and is now trending toward 400,000 customers.