CONWAY, Ark., July 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment Inc., a Conway, Arkansas-based children's consignment event franchise company, cut the ribbon on its new corporate headquarters Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The new location, 1055 Sunflower Drive in Conway, Arkansas, will allow the rapidly expanding company to bring the day-to-day operations of its marketing, sales and operational staff together under one roof for greater collaboration and increased support of its rapidly expanding franchise operations.
"Our focus is and always has been to serve with love and integrity, families everywhere with inviting, excellent and valuable children's consignment events," said Rhea Lana Riner, founder of Rhea Lana's Children's Consignments. "Our new location will enable us to more efficiently serve our RL franchisees. We want to provide them with the tools they need to be successful and empower them to be successful business owners."
The company, which now services 28 events in 11 states, also celebrated the day with the announcement that it has expanded its footprint in Texas to include events in North and South Arlington.
"Holly Brodner, co-owner of North Arlington, fell in love with our RL event in Northwest Arkansas. When she moved to Arlington she could not find anything like Rhea Lana's, so she decided to purchase a franchise with her mother-in-law, Leigh Brodner," explained Riner. "Audra Cameron, co-owner of the Southwest Dallas Fort Worth franchise and mom of four, also fell in love with Rhea Lana's and wanted to share the opportunity with families in her hometown." Cameron purchased the franchise with her mother, Janet Sundberg.
Both Dallas Area franchises will be launching their operations with consignment events in the fall of 2010. The North Arlington event will be September 3-5 at The Arlington Convention Center. The Southwest DFW event will be announcing its dates soon.
"I have consigned and shopped at Rhea Lana's of Northwest Arkansas for 4 years and it has been such a blessing for my family," said Cameron. "I have witnessed what a valuable asset Rhea Lana's has been to that community, not only to the families that consign and shop, but to the families in need that receive the donated items after the sale and I couldn't wait to jump in and be apart of it. My mom and I are thrilled to be joining the Rhea Lana's team in bringing this valuable event to my hometown of Arlington, TX, launching our first event in the Southwest DFW area this Fall."
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.
About Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment Events
Headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment hosts semi-annual sales through 28 franchise operations in 11 states. The semi-annual sales draw thousands of shoppers and consignors seeking the cost-savings of purchasing and selling high quality used children's clothing, furniture, toys and children's merchandise. 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. For more information on Rhea Lana's Children's Consignment sales, 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/franchise-opportunities.html.