- June 12, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
That’s been the experience of Kris Hochmayr, founder and proprietor of Bargains on 7th, a high-end consignment store in Brainerd’s historic downtown. When Bargains on 7th arrived on the scene in 1996, there wasn’t anything in terms of thrift stores, consignment shops or second-hand commercial outlets in downtown. Now, it’s thriving and it has healthy competition sprouting all over the Brainerd lakes area.
What’s powered Bargains on 7th during the intervening decades, Hochmayr said, is its people — whether they’re employees, its loyal customer base, or more than 4,000 consignors who provide the store’s expansive inventory. Consignors garner 50% of any profits made from the items the store agrees to sell. It is this broad base of options that enables Bargains on 7th to select the cream of the crop, only offering the best of the best to its customers.
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