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Are there too many retail stores?
In the past several years, due to the abundance of cheap credit and excess spending, we've seen a massive growth in the size and number of retail outlets. Some say that we are now "over-stored." What does this mean, and how will it affect small retailers?
Never Dive Into Business Without A Startup Plan
This week begins the tale of my recent foray into the world of brick and mortar and the startup the lessons learned there from.
Key Steps to Buying a Retail Franchise
Considering that sales from franchises account for billions of dollars in revenue every year, buying a franchise is statistically the safest way to own a business – provided you choose the right franchise.

Key Steps to Buying a Fast Food Franchise
There's no doubt that investing in a fast food franchise could be a lucrative decision – fast food franchising is, after all, a $125 billion dollar a year industry. However, buying a fast food franchise requires a lot of hard work.

The Franchise Timeline
Guidelines for how long it should take to open a new franchise. Susan, a bright, energetic and make believe person, has decided to become a business owner by buying a franchise. She understands that there are many steps to the process and asks me how long it will take before she will be able to open the doors to her business. Figuring she wouldn’t be satisfied if I told her that it could take anywhere from several months to a year or longer, more or less, I came up with the following timeline.
Big Box Backlash - In Reverse
Why are ubiquitous "big box" retailers and service providers taking over the landscape and thriving. Because, at the very least, they pick up the phone when you call. One would think that "Mom & Pop" would provide great service...but sometimes they are asleep at the switchboard.

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Information Externalities, Car Dealers, and Spaghetti Osteopaths
Why do some competing stores locate near one another, while others don't? In National City, south of San Diego, there is a stretch called the "Mile of Cars". I dont know if it's a mile or not, but it's pretty much an endless strip of car dealers, from Hyundais to Hondas, and everything inbetween. There are similar areas in most reasonably-sized cities, whether a cluster of car dealers, a car strip, or just a bunch of dealer generally clustered around one another.

How NLP Can Give You the Edge at Work
Certainly there's a lot of garbage talked about NLP, and NLP has been used in unethical and distasteful ways. But if you strip out the hype and apply some critical intelligence, here's how it can over-deliver for you in the workplace.
Business Lessons Learned At The Mall
No offense to my mall merchant brothers and sisters, but a trip into the deepest jungle is more appealing to me than a trip to the mall. I get no joy out of trudging from store to store, attempting to communicate with salespeople from other planets, browsing discount racks of last season's dollar merchandise and peering into windows at mannequins that seem to be in some sort of inanimate pain (why can't they make a happy mannequin?).
Mall Cop - The Sales Example
Have you seen the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop yet? It's Home Alone meets Die Hard. It has a great analogy to sales - especially in this economic environment.
How to Use Twitter for Your Business
Heck, until recently I didn’t really understand the true power of Twitter so I figure this would be a good place to clear it all up. For the purpose of this article let’s take a quick look at the Internet landscape and compare it to something we can all relate to … The city you live in right now. Think about the parts of town where you go to find things to buy, whether it be a mall, a strip mall, or even the market where companies and individuals are all set up to sell their goods.

To Buy or Sell on Ebay for Profit:
You don't have to go to a mall to buy items since you can shop on the web. We can check out as many items as we want and compare prices in our own home, with the internet.Let' start with Ebay.
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Franchise to open its fifth outlet in India
20 Jan 2010: Blue Foods leading coffee chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) is all set to open its fifth outlet at Blue Heaven, Linking Road, Bandra West in Mumbai on January 21. According to the company's spokesperson, it is the third outlet of CBTL in Mumbai with the other two present in CR2 Mall, Nariman Point and Sobo Central mall,Tardeo in Mumbai.
Destination Maternity India Franchisee Announces Opening of Two More Maternity Shop-In-Shops in India
2nd February 2010: Destination Maternity Corporation (Nasdaq: DEST), the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, is excited to announce the opening of two more Motherhood Maternity® shop-in-shops in India. Motherhood's trendy, affordable maternity fashions are now available for the first time at the Center Square Mall in Vododara, India and the Gulmohar Park Mall in Ahmedabad, India. Motherhood Maternity shop-in-shops are found in Mom & Me® stores which are owned and operated by Mahindra Retail, part of the Mahindra Group, Destination Maternity's master franchisee in India. Mom & Me stores offer an extensive range of pre- and post-natal products including maternity wear, baby clothes, toys, wellness products, nursery furniture and more. Including these two new locations, there are now a total of nine Motherhood shop-in-shops
Is there a secret formula for business success?
On the long weekend I visited a regional mall in a suburb of San Diego. The mall was full of people but not as crowded like it used to be on previous long weekends. The first time I visited this mall was in the mid eighties when it had opened. Out of nostalgia I walked by the locations where I had designed stores when the mall had first opened. Unfortunately all of those businesses closed many years ago. Walking by numerous stores, many of them selling merchandise of similar categories I began to wonder how many of these businesses are going to be around ten years from now. A question popped into my mind. Why do some businesses succeed while the others fail?

Boots, High Heels, Tennies, or Sandals? Come Watch the People Zoo
When was the last time you went to the zoo? The shopping mall can be JUST as adventurous! As interesting as all the animals are, my daughter, when three, told me while we were sitting on a shopping mall bench "This is as fun as the animal zoo, Mama". People have been watching people since the beginning of time. Why would someone pierce their tongue and eyebrow and wear hiking boots in the middle of shopping? Why wear striped shorts with a plaid shirt with sandals and socks? Why can you hear that one person laughing way above the noise of the entire mall and find them in high heels and "lookin' good babe"? And then there's those who have their cozy sweat pants on and "tennies". Who are these people and what makes them tick? With all the 22 companies out there with personality profiles, I have found after 30 years of sales experience
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