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<p>With a snip of the scissors Luzerne Mayor James Keller cut an orange ribbon Saturday morning and officially opened Reruns, a new consignment shop at 74 Main St. in the borough.</p><p>&#8220;This is a great place to be,&#8221; said Reruns owner Courtney Brenner, who relocated her 3-year-old business from Wyoming to Luzerne. &#8220;There&#8217;s more foot traffic here, and we&#8217;re on the street level rather than the second floor.&#8221;</p><p>Another advantage Brenner sees is that Main Street, Luzerne, already has several consignment shops, and she believes shoppers will take advantage of the proximity to visit them all.</p><p>&#8220;We all have different stuff,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You can find treasures here.&#8221;</p><p>Adding credence to her belief that consignment shop owners support each other, owner Karen Brown from the nearby shop My Sisters Closet visited later Saturday to wish Brenner well. There&#8217;s a photo of the two shop owners on Reruns&#8217; Facebook page above a message Brown posted: &#8220;Welcome to Luzerne, Courtney! You have a great shop. We&#8217;re happy to have you here.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very happy to have these stores,&#8221; Mayor Keller agreed. &#8220;We have these consignment shops in town and, I&#8217;ll tell you, they look like New York stores.&#8221;</p><p>Items on sale at Reruns on Saturday included clothes for women and men, boys and girls. There were onesies for babies &#8212; including an &#8220;I Love My Mummy&#8221; outfit celebrating Halloween &#8212; as well as purses, shoes, many tops, shorts and pants and some maternity clothes.</p><p>Early visitors who stopped in to check out the store were fascinated by the formal gowns and cocktail dresses, and started talking about them the way shoppers do:</p><p>&#8220;If I could lose five pounds I would buy that today,&#8221; one said.</p><p>&#8220;Oh, you&#8217;re so trim,&#8221; a companion insisted.</p><p>&#8220;Green is my favorite color &#8230;&#8221;</p><p>By the time a reporter left, the green dress was still on the hanger. But who knows how long it will remain?</p><p>Brenner, who works full-time as a Realtor and is also an attorney, said she intends to hire someone to manage the day-to-day operations of her store. She also plans to split the profits on each item 50-50 with the consignee who brings it to her to sell. &#8220;Some shops split it 60-40 in favor of the store,&#8221; she said.</p><p>Besides a bargain, she said, you never know what kind of hard-to-find gem you might find in a consignment shop.</p><p>&#8220;Once I was in a store and saw a Susquehanna University (hoodie). You hardly ever see them around here,&#8221; she said. That&#8217;s where I got my undergraduate degree. How could I not buy it?&#8221;</p><p>Reruns, which opened in 2016 at its original location, was named the Best of Greater Pittston Readers&#8217; Choice Best Consignment Shop in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p>It was also named the 2019 &#8220;The Times Leader&#8221; Readers&#8217; Choice Best Consignment Shop ; 2018 &amp; 2017 Best Consignment Shop, Best Clothing Store, &amp; Best Clothing Boutique; 2018 Best Consignment Shop &amp; Best Children&#8217;s Clothing Store.</p><p>The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Luzerne Mayor James Keller, fourth from left, stands poised to cut the ribbon for Reruns, a consignment shop owned by Courtney Brenner, that opened on Saturday in its new location at 74 Main St. in the borough. From left are Courtney&#8217;s mom Donna Brenner, her cousins Katie Harding and Linda Harding; Keller; Courtney Brenner, her friend Shelby Watchilla, her aunt Jessie Nicholas and her dad, Chuck Brenner. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-010.jpg</photo0><caption0>Luzerne Mayor James Keller, fourth from left, stands poised to cut the ribbon for Reruns, a consignment shop owned by Courtney Brenner, that opened on Saturday in its new location at 74 Main St. in the borough. From left are Courtney&#8217;s mom Donna Brenner, her cousins Katie Harding and Linda Harding; Keller; Courtney Brenner, her friend Shelby Watchilla, her aunt Jessie Nicholas and her dad, Chuck Brenner. </caption0><photoCredit0>Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-020.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Courtney Brenner sifts through a rack of tops in Reruns, her consignment shop that had its grand opening on Saturday. Brenner, who is a full-time Realtor and an attorney, said Saturday she is expects to hire someone to manage the shop&#8217;s day-to-day operations. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-020.jpg</photo1><caption1>Courtney Brenner sifts through a rack of tops in Reruns, her consignment shop that had its grand opening on Saturday. Brenner, who is a full-time Realtor and an attorney, said Saturday she is expects to hire someone to manage the shop&#8217;s day-to-day operations. </caption1><photoCredit1>Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-017.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A patron looks through the boys&#8217; section at Reruns, which carries clothing for women and men, boys and girls. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-017.jpg</photo2><caption2>A patron looks through the boys&#8217; section at Reruns, which carries clothing for women and men, boys and girls. </caption2><photoCredit2>Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-015.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Courtney Brenner&#8217;s friends and cousins were among the first visitors on Saturday morning to Reruns consignment shop, where they admired the formal gowns that are available. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_rerun.store-015.jpg</photo3><caption3>Courtney Brenner&#8217;s friends and cousins were among the first visitors on Saturday morning to Reruns consignment shop, where they admired the formal gowns that are available. </caption3><photoCredit3>Mary Therese Biebel | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Relocated store latest addition to Main Street, Luzerne</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mary Therese Biebel</p><p>mbiebel@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Reruns consignment shop holds grand opening in Luzerne