Should I sell to Nook or Re-Tail?

I noticed that the nice people at Re-Tail buy my used goods/fish/bugs/misc. at a higher price than the Nook crime family will. In past games, however, you needed to have a combined buy/sell amount at Nook's (who is a seedy criminal) shop in order for the store to upgrade.

Am I losing something or missing out if I buy from Nook's shop and sell to Re-Tail?

Thanks!

Solution 1:

Always, always sell to Re-Tail. They will always buy your items at a higher price than the Nook stores will.

While the Nookling store does upgrade in this game, they upgrade only based on the amount you have spent in their store, not the combined buy/sell amount. You can see all shop upgrades here and their requirements on their respective pages, where you can see that the only requirement is Bells spent.

So you're not missing out on anything if you buy from Nook's and sell to Re-Tail.