Author: Bob B HamiltonCustomer oriented cashiers are indispensible to those who open a dollar store. They routinely greet everyone who enters your store. They do everything in their power to insure shoppers are never allowed to wait as they approach the cash register area to pay for the dollar store merchandise they have selected. They do so much more to make the shopping experience memorable for shoppers. Yet there are times when these...more
If you were to sit down and create a list of all the things it takes to achieve success and dollar store profits when you open a dollar store, the list would be long indeed. Of course the store location and the final store accessibility and appearance would be at the top of the list. There would be generating tons of new, targeted traffic and then carrying exactly the products those shoppers want and need. There would be having the best suppliers...more
In todays marketplace there are so many different forces tugging at those who are ready to open a dollar store. On the one hand there are big, national competitors that continue to firmly maintain a one-dollar format, and establish stiff competition in their chosen locations. On the other hand the cost of almost everything is going only one direction; upward. Yet as prospective owners examine dollar store merchandise costs and dollar store profits, the picture is not all rosy. If you are weighing your options about starting a dollar plus store or sticking with the dollar only strategy, read on. In this article I present 4 compelling reasons for starting a dollar plus store. #1) Virtually all of the costs associated with dollar store merchandise are up. The merchandise itself is more expensive. Merchandise costs are up, and it seems like they continue to grow on almost a monthly basis. Freight hauling costs are up. Even the labor required to handle all the incoming freight and stock work are on the increase. Those higher prices create tight profit margins when you are forced to stop at the dollar price point.#2) Pressure on dollar store profits is downward. As the cost of dollar...more
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