Product Description

Will help you to: find the right location; fit and lay out; buy stock; identify stock which will be good sellers; pricing; promotions; generate maximum sales; employees; and develop and expand through importing and wholesaling.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139860 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 205 pages

From the Publisher
The latest niche title from How To’s popular Small Business Start-ups series.
Advice, guidance and invaluable contacts for further information on all aspects of setting up any kind of shop.

From the Author
Thank you for considering "Start and Run Your Own Shop". When I opened my first shop I wished there was a straight-talking, readable book to help me. I learnt by trial and error, from my own mistakes and those of others and now I have used all my experiences to write that book. No techno-jargon, no complicated business school theories, just practical tried and tested methods that can make you and your business more successful.

I have written it for all of us who have ever wanted to do something different with our lives. For those whose only knowledge of the retail business is doing their weekly shop or maybe from a Saturday job whilst at school or college - because that is where I came from. I worked in an office and dreamt of earning more money, having greater control of my life, my future and of having fun. I wanted a better lifestyle. Owning a shop has given me all of these. It is hard work but very rewarding - both emotionally and financially. I hope you enjoy reading "Start and Run Your Own Shop" as well as benefiting from it.

All the best
Val

About the Author
In the early 1990s, author Val Clarke took £6,000 redundancy money and opened her own gift shop in a small shopping development in a seaside town. It was such a success that six months later she opened a second shop.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
I bought this book on the basis of other people's reviews but it did not live up to my expectations. While some of the practical advice is useful, about half of the book is given over to buying stock and selling to customers. These sections are only helpful to those with absolutely no retail experience. Depite their length, the advice they give is very basic at best and at worst only a partial picture of what people hoping to start and run a sucessful shop will need to know.

A really big shame that this book is so incomplete
I wanted to like this book and I wanted it to help me. Unfortunately it is just not very good. I have just opened a shop and I purchased this book three months before opening. The problem with this book is that it does not cover essential issues such as stock management software and IT for your point of sale. There is not enough discussion of accounts procedures and legal issues. The numerous anecdotes seemed to be specific to the author's limited experience of running a gift shop by the seaside, and were not remotely helfpul to me. It is a shame that there is nothing better on the market.

This book has saved me money and a lot of grief
Ive just started my second year of my small furniture business and have found this book a massive help in avoiding wasting time and saving money and advising me when I have been unsure. Its an absolutely must have on my book shelf.