our numbers are only down 5%....but it just doesnt feel very good out there.... the traffic thru the week is pretty bad....im reserving judgement/panic until the weather breaks...its really been a hard winter...
.. i think they are still going to be buying for their houses....and we have some great things right now...
my plot has been to keep the prices low as possible...and the mark up up.....also to cut out some marginal things....and a real good thng has been to just get over some things and put them into the half price room.... if its over a year whats the point of keeping something?...that room is a draw....but i sure wouldnt want it to be the main thing......our half price room looks like crap....but it doesnt seem to bother anyone....i cant be paying someone to fluff up that part of the store , when we are behind in other parts...
we've worked thru the winter with no layoffs........
.. which im glad about..and boy are they being nice to me... ..the plot has been to
fluff up the inventory...weve made fun key west signs, window art, big metal signs, big metal flowers, archetectural coatracks, dabbled into vinyl words on windows,and reworkked lotsof stuff from the rough room.... and started a big etsy project..using totally low level misc that we have already.... all this has increased our inventory in nice ways...and made all the work hours productive even tho we werent full of customers...thats the hope anyway....also ive branched out on the internet....a ning and a couple of new forums..
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im going with .
.. keep calm and carry on...
its so clear that people are worried about their money.... around here everybody knows folks who have lost their job or waiting for that to happen....im really trying to be carefull...........
heres a great post by a woman in business....retail resolutions..... http://boutiqueindustry.blogspot.com/
whats going on in your neck of the woods?
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