Coco Rocha

I didn't know anything about fashion. You would see me in the biggest sweater with jeans or the tightest elastic pants. Not nice clothes. My mom took me a lot to consignment stores when I was younger, and I never really got to go to fancy high-class stores, so... vintage was like a step up.

Canadian Model

Gene Luen Yang

I started 'American Born Chinese' as a mini-comic. I would write and draw a chapter, photocopy a hundred or so copies at the corner photocopy store, and then try to sell them on consignment through local comics shops. If I could sell maybe half a dozen, I'd be doing okay.

Chinese Writer

Richard P. Feynman

I got a signed document from Bullock's saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock's!

American Physicist

Lynn Whitfield

At consignment shops, I can collect things reasonably, and it's joyful. My dining room table was $75, and I'm so proud. It's beautiful.

American Actress

Leon Bridges

I shop at thrift stores and consignment shoppes. I wear my clothes as is, and maybe get them dry cleaned whenever possible.

American Musician

Beatrice Wood

And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.

American Artist

Lykke Li

I honestly kind of hate shopping. My favorite places to shop are rich old lady consignment stores.

Swedish Musician

Ezra Furman

I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer.

Curt Flood

I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.

American Athlete

Lucy DeVito

Consignment implies the sender is responsible until the recipient receives the goods.

Transport Responsibility

Goods on consignment often have tracking numbers to follow their delivery progress.

Tracking Numbers

The term is commonly used in retail and trade to refer to stock shipments.

Business Context

The purpose here is often to sell goods, not just to move them.

Selling Motive

When consigned, ownership remains with the sender until sale or delivery is complete.

Transfer of Ownership

Consignment in retail may refer to the process of replenishing stock.

Retail Logistics

A place where goods are sold on behalf of the owner, who gets part of the sale.

Consignment Shop

The shop and original owner share the revenue when an item is sold.

Shared Profit

Goods in consignment shops are often unique or one-of-a-kind items.

Unique Finds

 resilience is very personal to me and in many ways has shaped my life my mom was a single mom who worked at the phone company during the day and sold Tupperware at night so that I could have every opportunity possible we shopped double coupons and layaway in consignment stores and when she got sick

Women entrepreneurs,...

 So this morning we had an express consignment flight arrive from Germany. What we're going to be doing is we're going to utilize our canine, and we're physically going to inspect the packages and see what we come up with. Guys, let's just lay these out in a straight line.

Narcotics Hidden in a...

 In fact, there is no central exchange. By last count, there were 48 different online markets that I know of. Some are eBay clones, some are mobile markets, and then you have consignment shops and brick-and-mortar stores, and sneaker conventions, and reseller sites,

The secret sneaker...

 schools involves a group called vision Spring which is a social enterprise that trains vision entrepreneurs to sell exams readers and glasses in a micro consignment model that both creates jobs