Rhea Lana's of Baton Rouge
Doors Open on Rhea Lana’s Fifth Baton Rouge Sale
More than 10,000 gently used children’s clothing, toys and furniture available for resale.
BATON ROUGE, LA – March 23, 2011 - Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment (www.batonrouge.RheaLana.com), opens the doors to its fifth Baton Rouge children’s consignment event today. The event is being held Wednesday, March 23 through Saturday, March 26 in Connell’s Plaza, next to Woman’s Hospital (8894 Airline Hwy, Suite K).
“Our events offer one-stop shopping and great merchandise for bargain-conscious moms, grandmoms and moms-to-be,” said Heather Shelton, owner of Rhea Lana’s of Baton Rouge. “We expect hundreds of shoppers who will find incredible deals for their families at the same time they are saving money.”
The company has been collecting and organizing merchandise brought to the location for the last two days.
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 seeking the cost-savings of purchasing and selling high quality used Children's Clothing.
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 of each item using an innovative bar-coding system developed by the company.
- Earn 70% 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:
- Great buys on children’s furniture.
- A large 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.
- Goody bags that will be distributed to the first 200 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 non-profit organizations who give them directly to Baton Rouge families in need,” explained Shelton.
For more information, contact:
Heather Shelton
225.955.0958
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 currently releasing Rhea Lana’s Friends and Family Cookbook 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 Mother’s Day.
Rhea Lana founded this company with humble beginnings as a budget conscious young mom of 3 in 1997. Her innovative husband developed the software after her first event and they have been pioneers in this industry since that time. Consignor’s items have always been guaranteed. Riner has been featured in numerous publications including The High Profile Section, Arkansas Democrat Gazette and Women’s Inc Magazine. She has recently won a prestigious national award by Enterprising Women, a national publication and foundation that honors entrepreneurial women with rapidly growing companies who seek to mentor other women in business.
For more information on Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment events, please visit the company's web site at http://www.rhealana.com. For more information on franchising opportunities with Rhea Lana’s, please visit http://www.rhealana.com/franchiseopportunities.asp