How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Retail Business: With Companion CD-ROM

The dream of starting a retail business can easily become a reality. Retail businesses are one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. This new book will teach you all you need to know about getting started in your own retail business in the minimum amount of time.

This is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the retail industry. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of retailing. Anyone should study this superb manual to investigate the opportunities of opening a retail store.

If you enjoy meeting people, this may be the perfect business for you, but keep in mind retail looks easy, but as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need including sample business forms, leases, contracts, worksheets, and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations. There are plans, layouts, and dozens of other valuable, time saving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have.

While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success. You will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (The Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word ™), how to buy and sell a retail store, basic cost control systems, retail math and pricing issues, sample floor plans and diagrams, equipment layout and planning, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, and pricing formulas. Learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money and how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff.

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