Category: Franchise Reviews
Reuse & Recycle: Alternate Ways to Donate
This Earth Day, businesses and customers alike plan on making choices that reduce their impact on the environment. Fortunately for Uptown Cheapskate owners and shoppers, our business model is sustainable year-round! We help people care for the planet in multiple ways, particularly when it comes to reusing and recycling old clothing. Beyond helping to preserve ...
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Making Resale Feel Upscale
Years ago, the words “resale clothing” conjured visions of cluttered thrift stores, bargain bins, and dingy aesthetics. Customers often used to equate resale clothing with low-quality, cast-offs. Thankfully, the sentiment toward resale clothing is changing into something more positive. Uptown Cheapskate is playing a role in this mindset shift by offering resale shoppers an upscale ...
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Why Uptown Cheapskate’s Director of Franchising Believes Now is the Time to Open an Uptown Cheapskate
The future is bright for Uptown Cheapskate as we celebrate increased sales and a record number of new stores There were a few silver linings for Uptown Cheapskate resale clothing franchise after the pandemic: from prime real estate locations opening up, to continued expansion, to increased sales and brand recognition. For entrepreneurs looking for a ...
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Resale Clothing Business Review: A Conversation With Amanda Walls
Former Dallas area owner reinvests in an Uptown Cheapskate store after a successful banking career Recently, Amanda Walls, owner of an Uptown Cheapskate resale clothing business in Allen, Texas shared her story franchising with Uptown Cheapskate with us. This is her second go-round with the franchise as an owner. She sold her first location when ...
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How a Former Professional Became A Successful Multi-Unit Owner with Uptown Cheapskate
Uptown Cheapskate Franchise Review: Meet Brent Brock Before Brent Brock became a franchise owner with Uptown Cheapskate, he not only had a decade-long career as a stock broker for a Fortune 500 company, but he also owned and operated a Kid to Kid franchise, the premier children’s resale sister brand of Uptown Cheapskate, for five ...
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Uptown Cheapskate Franchise Review: Q&A with Summer Sloan Alvey
Summer Sloan Alvey shares how her dream came true as an owner of a thriving resale clothing franchise and why first-time entrepreneurs’ dreams can as well Since Summer Sloan Alvey was a child, she’s always dreamed of opening her own resale clothing store. Her dream is not a surprise – it’s the family business. Her ...
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Uptown Cheapskate Franchise Review: Q&A with Chelsea Sloan Caroll
Brand President at Uptown Cheapskate explains why the resale clothing franchise is set to explode When you think about buying used clothes, do you imagine a high-end, sophisticated shopping experience? Chances are, you think about cluttered stores that make you dig through mountains of clothes of varying quality. The resale shopping experience is a unique ...
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Uptown Cheapskate wins prestigious Zor Award as a Top Franchise Opportunity
Fast-growing resale franchise is honored as a best-bet investment Uptown Cheapskate, an upscale resale franchise that buys and sells stylish clothing for young adults, has been named a best buy in franchising by Franchise Times as part of its annual Zor Awards program designed to recognize brands in 10 of the industry’s most exciting categories. ...
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