If you are preparing to open a food or retail business, your location may be the single most important decision that you make. Of course, you need a solid business plan, but if people can’t find your business, how will you get them through the door?
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How to Get Your Product Into Retail Stores
Are you ready to get your product onto retailer’s shelves? Before making that all-important sale, you must take steps to ensure you can fulfill your contract. This process takes time […]
How to Get Your Product into Online Stores
We’ve previously taken a look at How to Get Your Product into Retail Stores, but a question that’s popping up more and more for small business owners is how […]
A Bite-Size Look At BC’s Food Truck Industry
Take a stroll around any Farmer’s Market, Night Market, or festival in British Columbia, and you’ll immediately be struck by the variety of food trucks on-site. But, it’s an industry […]
How to Turn a Profit at Your Next Craft Market
The holidays are here, which means craft market season for many small business owners. But getting ready isn’t limited to preparing enough stock for your customers to buy. There are […]
8 Tips to Create Winning Window Displays
As a retail store, your window displays are the most important marketing tool you have at your disposal. They will make someone a passer-by, enter your store and become a customer or ignore you entirely.
Competitive Strategies for Retail
Before opening a retail business, you need to decide where your store will fit in the current marketplace. Start by asking yourself “Why should a customer shop in my store?” The question is deceptively simple buy you might be surprised by your answer.