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High hopes for the High-street

Traditional retail is currently in steep decline with the larger premised shops being hardest hit of all. The reason for this is clear, although most real world shops are having to cope with reduced footfall most can just about cope for now, whereas larger stores with often crippling rents can quickly get into financial difficulty. Several of our EPoS solution clients are dealing with these issues by making a number of their stores into concessions within other retailers stores and or other landlords premises. This way the rent is contributed to by all parties involved and they also then share the task of getting shoppers into the store. The fact that you can browse multiple retailers' products within a single store is a draw in itself for consumers. Imagine what was once a large stuffy department store transformed into numerous small concessions, some well known names and others less well known enterprises that until then had maybe not even had a physical shop. Some perma
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There are lots of bits in a Tack Shop.

I've recently been putting a website together for a Saddlery (or Tack Shop ) in Cheshire and honestly didn't know there were quite so many horse related products on the market. There are bits, reins, bridles and saddles, rugs, fly masks and horse boots.  For the rider there are breeches,  riding hats,  chaps and riding boots, safety wear and body protectors. There must be hundreds of different bits alone. A bit, as I have learned, is the "bit" that goes in the horse's mouth and sits in a part of the mouth where there are no teeth. The bit is kept in place by straps on the horse's head called a bridle to which the reins are attached. The majority of the staff in a saddlery are frequent horse riders themselves and so very knowledgeable about the products they sell. Good to know you won't unintentionally find yourself wearing horse boots to the supermarket. Along the way I have also discovered a form of clothing called jodhpurs, which although difficu
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The Future of the Small Independent Retailer

The Future of the Small Independent Retailer It is a very difficult time for bricks and mortar stores with more and more closing their doors or downsizing every day. At the same time large retailers are understandably investing more time and money in their online presences. So we end up with: large retailers with huge buying power and online marketing budgets small retailers like you with physical shops together the overheads that come with them an increasing amount of businesses running online-only stores often from their own homes Making the most of what you have Its important that you identify the advantages you have over your competition and make the most of them, while maximising profits from your business as it currently is. Large Retailers It is very difficult to compete directly with the budgets of larger retailers, the best you can normally hope for is to find a niche that they are not targeting and try to use your small size to your advantage. Being s
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