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Start and Run Your Own Shop: How to Open a Successful Retail Business (Small Business Start Ups)
 
 

Start and Run Your Own Shop: How to Open a Successful Retail Business (Small Business Start Ups) (Paperback)

by Val Clark (Author)
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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.

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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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 18 Jun 2007
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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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A really big shame that this book is so incomplete, 13 Jun 2006
By R. Oppenheimer "Melville" (London) - See all my reviews
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book has saved me money and a lot of grief, 7 Jan 2006
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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.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough
Needs some more info, it is just basic and is not what all shop owners need to know. I thought the quality was so average. The cover looks much better than the content.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
a very good book to read if looking to start a business in retail, i found it hard to put the book down. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2006 by karen

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