You are about to take the plunge into flea market selling or you have already taken the plunge and you were not happy with the outcome. The most important advice I have is, don't give up. Now we go from there. The first step is................ Read more

You sell great looking jewelry and at reasonable prices, yet you feel your sales are not what they should be. Potential customers glance and yet just walk by. While you can blame the economy, the competition or even the weather, the problem is most likely none of the above. The term you often hear is "Packaging Sells". So while your jewelry is not "packaged" it can be indirectly packaged by using the proper jewelry displays............ Read more

Making low cost changes to your store to increase sales sounds almost impossible as business people automatically think of what the big box stores do, which is remodeling the entire store. Of course this is not practical for the small business owner. However there are ways to generate increased sales on a low budget. The first is to purchase new countertop displays and wall displays. Refresh your look by simply buying new and different style displays. Nothing worse than customers seeing old and ratty looking displays. It detracts from your products and makes the customer wonder why things are falling apart. Is it lack of business? Owner not caring? Employees not caring? For example............. Read more

Week after week the media continues to report another Walmart or some other big box store opening up and putting the small business owner out of business. They report that the small town fights these big box stores trying to prevent them from moving in. The towns use the argument that they will ruin the community and create traffic problems. In most cases the towns eventually lose and the neighborhood undergoes a major change. After the big boxes move in, many mom and pop stores do go out of business. So does this mean the end of the small retail business owner?.............. Read more