Launching a Bookstore – The Pop-up Shop
With Small Business Saturday the perfect opportunity to remind people of your start-up and the importance of small business to the local economy, why not do a pop-up shop? Start-ups do pop-ups for a...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – Bookselling and IT
We’re not thinking about ebooks here (ebook sales have plateaued and have been on decline for many months), but information technology as it powers bookstore operations. Our dining room is transformed...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – 11,000 Books and Counting
This past Monday, we submitted our large opening order to our wholesaler and a second order to a remainder dealer (for bargain books). The volume count just topped 11,000 and there will be a last...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – Reaching the Six-Week Mark
We’ve been wearing roller skates for months as first there was so much to do to launch the bookstore, now we’ve focused on shifting to organizing daily operations. Every day is over-flowing with things...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – What To Get Right From Day One
Once your dream becomes reality, you have made a stark right turn. Your vision is now central to your “To Do Today” list. You go from thinking about things in a general way to making them actually...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – Surprises
When you’re planning a business, your thoughts are filled with dreams and ideas. It’s fun to think about what you’ll carry, who will shop at the store, and what people will want to buy. These become...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – Following a Dream
Bookselling is a unique profession in so many ways, but one that truly stands out is just how many people dream of having their own bookstore. We're talking people spending years visualizing their...
View ArticleLaunching a Bookstore – An Endless “To Do” List
People seemed surprised to see us in New York City last week for BookExpo. With our own new bookstore just a bit over 3 months old, we did feel a bit like new parents leaving an infant for the first …...
View ArticleStaffing & Scheduling While Ramping Up the Business
It’s summer and that means time for vacation. Even though we have a permanent staff schedule, each week the schedule feels like a bowl of spaghetti with shift swaps happening left and right. With our...
View ArticlePhysical Inventory – The Count that Counts
Retail security experts have long said there are three sources why inventory disappears … external theft, internal theft, and errors. Physical inventories not only help a retailer confirm what’s on...
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