How to open & operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop / by Sharon Fullen ; revised by Rebekah Slonim.

By: Fullen, Sharon L [author.]Contributor(s): Slonim, Rebekah [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]Copyright date: 2016Edition: Revised Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781620230817Other title: How to open and operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shopSubject(s): New business enterprises | New business enterprises -- Management | Gourmet food industry | Specialty storesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: How to open & operate a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop.DDC classification: 641.30068/1 LOC classification: HD62.5 | .F855 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- For those who love elderberries and fine cheese : starting your own gourmet store -- Getting down to practicality : launching your business -- Making it your own : the basics of buying a gourmet shop -- How to get support without being hampered : investing in a franchise -- Planning for success : writing a business plan -- Boots on the ground : pre-opening activities -- Your greatest asset : successful employee relations -- The reason you're in business : your customers -- Getting the word out : marketing your business -- Public relations : how to get customers in the door with little cost -- From appliances to zucchini : choosing your sales mix -- Helping you to do your job : equipping your store -- A welcoming space : public areas of your store -- A place to get things done : back-of-the-store work areas -- Creating a team : your store staff -- How to get what you want : purchasing inventory -- All about money : cash flow -- Accounting 101 : financial management and budgeting -- Balanced budget : basic cost control for retail operations -- Efficiency : controlling your labor costs -- Appendix A: Resources : build your own network -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Glossary -- Index.
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Revised edition of the author's How to open a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.

Introduction -- For those who love elderberries and fine cheese : starting your own gourmet store -- Getting down to practicality : launching your business -- Making it your own : the basics of buying a gourmet shop -- How to get support without being hampered : investing in a franchise -- Planning for success : writing a business plan -- Boots on the ground : pre-opening activities -- Your greatest asset : successful employee relations -- The reason you're in business : your customers -- Getting the word out : marketing your business -- Public relations : how to get customers in the door with little cost -- From appliances to zucchini : choosing your sales mix -- Helping you to do your job : equipping your store -- A welcoming space : public areas of your store -- A place to get things done : back-of-the-store work areas -- Creating a team : your store staff -- How to get what you want : purchasing inventory -- All about money : cash flow -- Accounting 101 : financial management and budgeting -- Balanced budget : basic cost control for retail operations -- Efficiency : controlling your labor costs -- Appendix A: Resources : build your own network -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Glossary -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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