YOU CAN find pop-up consignment sales everywhere, but sales that double as community builders are hard to come by. Gina Moore’s 29th annual spring/summer pop-up shop was held March 4-11 at Monterey Station, located at 104 Monterey Street, Cowan. There, shoppers and sellers found great deals on gently used spring and summer clothing and much more for their families, but they also found friendship and camaraderie. Customers and sellers can look forward to this year’s fall and winter sale, which will open to the public in August.
Moore is a spiritual business owner who sought to use her talents and passions to spread God’s love. Marketplace Consignment is a twice-a-year pop-up shop that allows families to buy and sell clothing for spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Shoppers come from all over Tennessee and Northern Alabama to enjoy Marketplace Consignment and see what treasures they can find. They always leave feeling better than when they arrived.
Moore has been in the consignment business for 29 years, and she said her love for babies and families inspired her to start the business. Childhood memories with her thrifty late grandmother, Nelle Quandt, built the foundation.
“I’ve always loved babies, loved children, and I just couldn’t bring myself to work full time outside the home after we had our first child.”
Back then, there weren’t many maternity clothing options, which led Moore to maternity and baby consignment sales in Nashville. She loved the concept, but when she asked her friend, Laura Rowland, about local options, she was disappointed to learn that there were none. The spring after her Thanksgiving baby was born, she and Rowland started a sale in Franklin County.
Moore created marketing materials and clever slogans for bags and T-shirts. The first slogan read: “Outfitting families for less!”
Initially, her primary focus was helping families save money and providing them with a way to make money. After witnessing the relationships made, she soon realized her sale represented much more.
Their slogan eventually became: “Outfitting families for less… enabling them for more.”
The Marketplace Consignment Sale is where one-time inquirers become regular customers and friends. Moore said the events are like “mini-reunions” for frequent attendees to reconnect.
“We all desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. When people started feeling that, it just all started coming together in such a beautiful way.”
Moore said one of her favorite parts about the consignment business is the theme of “passing it on.”
“That’s good stewardship. That’s the whole recycling, reducing, and reusing thing. But you’re passing on so much more. You’re supporting another local family. You’re blessing another mama who’s outfitting her family, and it’s just a beautiful thing.”
Moore and her team are proud to be a part of spreading love and blessings to everyone they encounter.
“It’s just so neat how God gives us all talents, abilities, interests, and passions. In my younger years, I knew I wanted to do something helpful for other moms, but I had no idea what it would grow into and how to platform it. I feel like that’s what God’s calling me to use it for now — to uplift, encourage and spotlight his love of the family.”
To find out more information about upcoming events, visit marketplaceconsignment.com. GN
