Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Brings Tulsa a Fresh Take on Consignment Cost Savings – Feb 16 through Feb 19, 2011
Event gives recession-weary families opportunity to buy, sell children's clothing, toys and furniture in one location and GUARANTEE - Doors open Wednesday, February 16 at 9am
TULSA, OK – February 12, 2011 - Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Inc. (www.RheaLana.com), opens thedoors to its third South Tulsa children’s consignment event this week at the Shoppes at Regal Plaza, South Memorial Drive and East 105th Street behind Chick fil A and Genghis Grill. The Spring event is being held Wednesday, February 16 through Saturday, February 19. Drop-off dates for items in the sale are Monday and Tuesday. Families wanting to consign items or shop the sale can learn more about the event at www.southtulsa.rhealana.com
“Rhea Lana’s is a community event which helps families stretch their budget, while allowing them to purchasehigh quality children’s items for their families,” said Allyson Patrick, co-owner of Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment South Tulsa. “Our specialty is name brand and boutique brand children’s clothing. Children’s furniture, toys and baby equipment are also top sellers. In order to provide a quality shopping experience for families, we are also very particular about the items we accept.” Shoppers at Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment can relax knowing each item guaranteed against theft or loss.
Founded in Conway, Arkansas in 1997, Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment has hosted semi-annual events throughout the United States for more than 13 years. The sales draw thousands of shoppers and consignors across the country seeking the cost-savings of purchasing and selling high quality used Children's Clothing. The South Tulsa event co-owned by Patrick and Christa J. Roy began in the Spring of 2010. “Our events offer one-stop shopping and great merchandise for bargain-conscious moms, grandmoms and moms-to-be,” said Rhea Lana Riner, founder Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment. “We have hundreds of consignors and shoppers who will find incredible deals for their families at the same time they are saving money.”
Consignors Win
Consignors participating in Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment events reap a number of benefits from the company’s unique approach. Consignors can:
• Select the price of each item they select to sell in Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment events.
• Choose whether they want to sell items for half price on the final days of the sale.
• Track the sale in real time of each item using an innovative bar-coding system developed by the company.
• Earn 70%-80% of the sale price and be paid the same week the item is sold.
• Relax knowing he/she is guaranteed that the item won’t be lost and that he/she will receive payment for it or he/she may choose to donate or retrieve it.
Shoppers Win
Shoppers visiting Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment events benefit from a huge selection of high-quality, gently used children’s merchandise including:
-Spring/Summer name brand and boutique children’s, teen and maternity clothing items.
• Great buys on children’s furniture.
• A selection of nursery bedding, maternity clothing, nursing accessories, infant equipment (such as strollers high chairs, car seats and portable cribs), as well as toys, children's books, video games and sports accessories.
• Unique Vendor Booths Goody bags that will be distributed to the first 200 Rhea Lana’s event shoppers.
Needy Families Win
“One of the most fulfilling things we do after each event is to donate hundreds of lovely children’s items to nonprofit organizations who give them directly to families in need,” explained Patrick. “This season we are honored to be partnering with Oklahoma Baptist Children’s Home and Hope Pregnancy Center. We feel blessed to be able to once again provide this service to families in South Tulsa,” said Patrick. “Not only are we giving families a chance to de-clutter closets and earn money for their gently used items, we are also giving parent volunteers an opportunity to connect and network with other moms and dads in their area.”
About Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Events
Founded by Rhea Lana Riner in her living room 14 years ago and headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment hosts semi-annual sales through 41 franchise operations in 14 states. The company is the first consignment sale in the country to offer on-line management and real time tracking of merchandise through a computerized inventory system. Rhea Lana’s has just released its RL Mobile App which aids consignors in tracking sales. Rhea Lana’s is releasing Rhea Lana’s Friends and Family Cookbook February 14 with time trusted recipes from RL consignors’ kitchens across the country – a valuable resource for every mom and grandmom and a great gift idea for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.
For Interviews and Media Passes contact Allyson Patrick at Allyson@RheaLana.com or 479-957-2679.
For more information on Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment events, please visit the company's web site at http://www.rhealana.com. For moreinformation on franchising opportunities with Rhea Lana’s, please visit http://www.rhealana.com/franchiseopportunities.asp