I’ve missed posting for a couple of months here. Sorry. It’s been a busy time with buying shows, year end financial planning and dealing with some internal issues. During this time I was going over …
Read the full story »Keep your cash flowing by planning the sales, inventory levels and delivery times for each department.
Labor costs can be huge for a small business. Plan what you can afford to pay people, then train them to do their job.
The details of where the cash is going and how to make the best use of it.
It is, of course, people who buy things from us.
It’s going to happen sometime. Your sales are going to drop. Maybe it will be a short time period or maybe a longer one. How do you cope?
This was a tough winter for those of …
I’ve missed posting for a couple of months here. Sorry. It’s been a busy time with buying shows, year end financial planning and dealing with some internal issues. During this time I was going over …
If you are like most businesses you have some policies or rules that to help you run your business. They are necessary to running a good business. The policies could include whether your customer can …
It’s going to happen sometime. Your sales are going to drop. Maybe it will be a short time period or maybe a longer one. How do you cope?
This was a tough winter for those of …
Specialty retail buying is a unique challenge. How are you going to use your money to benefit the business the most? What products can you afford to bring in? What are your customers looking for …
How do you handle buyers’ territorial skirmishes?
Let’s say you have a number of buyers working for you. They each have one or more departments to buy for and may be buying products from the same …
