i think a good thing for us is that we dont depend on one fad or age range to keep us going....if shabby fades we have french and country going.....if crows fade we have sentimental plates...... i never want to put all my eggs in one basket!!!!
same with age ranges, i have things for grandmas and for new mothers..... like in our foo foo room...the grandmas can afford a whole set of placemats and everything they like for their table etc at 100$ a visit and the new girls can get one nice love sign for the babies room for under 10$....and look at some small furniture too...
niches are great ....but to hinge the whole business on too narrow of a niche would take a heck of a location..
..here at greenoak we have chosen to be fairly wide and general within our target market.....in new york or on the Internet i could maybe deal with just my true loves...
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greenhouse showcase.180$----250$
one of a kind 260$
4 ft porchpost 300$
4 ft stepback 240$
ooak...300$
thanks for visiting my blog....i want this to be about my favorite subject.
..independant stores..
..the philosophy, the inventory, display issues, , the styles, the many many challenges and problems that are in fromt of us every day....
we, dh and i, have had our store for 29 years ..we have survived and have had to change directions a few times......but we are still here...
....i hope this blog can be about all the things we face as independant store keepers...
.we wholesale to other stores..
.if you ever get to indiana i hope you will come see us....
our store leans towards the casual cottage look along with good antiques and romantic country..... in other words very modern and ecletic..
we are
100 mi north of indianapolis
about50 mi west of ft. wayne
about 45 mi south of south bend...
green oak antiques
4166 e 300 s
rochester indiana
574 223 5702
...
..independant stores..
..the philosophy, the inventory, display issues, , the styles, the many many challenges and problems that are in fromt of us every day....
we, dh and i, have had our store for 29 years ..we have survived and have had to change directions a few times......but we are still here...
....i hope this blog can be about all the things we face as independant store keepers...
.we wholesale to other stores..
.if you ever get to indiana i hope you will come see us....
our store leans towards the casual cottage look along with good antiques and romantic country..... in other words very modern and ecletic..
we are
100 mi north of indianapolis
about50 mi west of ft. wayne
about 45 mi south of south bend...
green oak antiques
4166 e 300 s
rochester indiana
574 223 5702
...
our store
my other blog
About Me
- ann at greenoak
- Rochester, Indiana
- ...owner and partner of a big antique/lifestyle/garden store in rochester indiana. .with dh and ds.......since 1978.....
one of my chldhood heroes.....along with the perky and inventive nancy drew....
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for sale at greenoak...
SHIPPING
we dont ship but go here abf freight....
http://www.upack.com/ www.abf.com
they can bring an empty trailer to our store and we pack it and they deliver it to you....this should work if you were buying 15 to 30 pieces..... im not sure this would work for 1 or 2 pieces....
we can hold things for you....but we cant arrange shipping...
if you can manage more than 14 ft of trailer space you could get a better price from them....i think its called volume shipping....
we dont ship but go here abf freight....
http://www.upack.com/ www.abf.com
they can bring an empty trailer to our store and we pack it and they deliver it to you....this should work if you were buying 15 to 30 pieces..... im not sure this would work for 1 or 2 pieces....
we can hold things for you....but we cant arrange shipping...
if you can manage more than 14 ft of trailer space you could get a better price from them....i think its called volume shipping....
big double door display 400$
window buffet....250$
props for shops
greenhouse showcase.180$----250$
one of a kind 260$
4 ft porchpost 300$
4 ft stepback 240$
ooak...300$
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#THE 80 /20 RULE.########......
..i never went to business school.i was a lit major....but im so glad someone told me about the 80/20 rule.....the way i understand it is that 80% of your good things comes from the top 20% of your thing....and visa versa......i use it to rate so many things...i make a list by value....from the best to the worst....i do it in inventory, colors, geography of the store, customer groups, companies, etc etc....it shows you right away what your best thing is.....and if you need to cut back it shows you what your weakest thing is.....
####JONS RULE####
my son jon has a theory that some of the hardest people to deal with turn out to be the best connections....this has been true a lot of times for us....like my import supplier, he has wonderful authentic primitives from all over the world and when i get to him i buy a lot!!! but he makes me pay just what a regular buyer would pay..so unfair!!..he doesnt have a catalog, hes very unreliable, if i ask him to bring something to our meeting place or anything specific i dont even expect it to happen.....but hes great to deal with, has the coolest stuff sometimes, and hardly any competition ..
##UNDER PROMISE OVER DELIVER..#######
this is about my favorite business rule...and i really believe in it....i figure people are used to great fast service, like from ll bean....well i cant give that so i never offer anything close...at our place we say no all the time to customer requests...no credit, no lay aways, NO delivery, no special colors, no custom work of any kind....it works out great..and lets us usually handle the workload at a level we can accomplish..we are basically a cash and carry operation.... i will hardly promise to call someone if i get something they want....i was always a terrible procrastinator and this rule has helped me a lot....and thankfully our customers are great with it....
..i never went to business school.i was a lit major....but im so glad someone told me about the 80/20 rule.....the way i understand it is that 80% of your good things comes from the top 20% of your thing....and visa versa......i use it to rate so many things...i make a list by value....from the best to the worst....i do it in inventory, colors, geography of the store, customer groups, companies, etc etc....it shows you right away what your best thing is.....and if you need to cut back it shows you what your weakest thing is.....
####JONS RULE####
my son jon has a theory that some of the hardest people to deal with turn out to be the best connections....this has been true a lot of times for us....like my import supplier, he has wonderful authentic primitives from all over the world and when i get to him i buy a lot!!! but he makes me pay just what a regular buyer would pay..so unfair!!..he doesnt have a catalog, hes very unreliable, if i ask him to bring something to our meeting place or anything specific i dont even expect it to happen.....but hes great to deal with, has the coolest stuff sometimes, and hardly any competition ..
##UNDER PROMISE OVER DELIVER..#######
this is about my favorite business rule...and i really believe in it....i figure people are used to great fast service, like from ll bean....well i cant give that so i never offer anything close...at our place we say no all the time to customer requests...no credit, no lay aways, NO delivery, no special colors, no custom work of any kind....it works out great..and lets us usually handle the workload at a level we can accomplish..we are basically a cash and carry operation.... i will hardly promise to call someone if i get something they want....i was always a terrible procrastinator and this rule has helped me a lot....and thankfully our customers are great with it....
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