How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Retail Business: With Companion CD-ROM (Paperback)

by Janet Engle (Author)
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Product Description
The dream of starting a retail business can easily become a reality. Retail businesses are one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. This new book will teach you all you need to know about getting started in your own retail business in the minimum amount of time. This is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the retail industry. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of retailing. Anyone should study this superb manual to investigate the opportunities of opening a retail store. If you enjoy meeting people, this may be the perfect business for you, but keep in mind retail looks easy, but as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need including sample business forms, leases, contracts, worksheets, and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations. There are plans, layouts, and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have.

About the Author
Janet Engle has over ten years of experience working in the retail industry. Along with operating her own online specialty store, she helps other businesses create marketing materials and strategies. Janet s first novel, The Synergy of Avintia, was published in 2002. She has also written numerous nonfiction articles about advertising, technology and time management for business owners. As the editor of the International Data Rescue News, Janet works with scientists and activists across the world to save historical environmental records.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) (December 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601381166
• ISBN-13: 978-1601381163
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Book to Buy for Potential Retailers, December 28, 2007

By	V. Kalambakal (Claremont, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Retail Business is the perfect beginners' book. If you play with the idea of starting your own store, or know someone who does, this all-purpose, general guidebook points out the rewards and pitfalls of business ownership, and outlines much of the groundwork and decisions that are necessary.

The book has suggestions for store layouts, evaluating a location, choosing software, finding suppliers, getting loans, dealing with employees, etc. For someone who dreams of owning a company, author Janet Engle provides the springboard and gives a good idea of the work involved.

However, one book can only skim the surface. The material is introductory, and will certainly point you in the right direction--but you'll soon realize that going into business is going to take more than one book! You'll be lining up accountants, realtors, web designers, and attorneys before you know what hit you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This makes a difficult task easy to understand., December 18, 2007

By	Music Man "MusicMan" (Gainesville, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

The business plan was a life saver. I really hadn't understood what I was getting myself into by starting a web business. This book will be holding my hand along the way. It's already starting to get dog-eared. I recommend it highly for anyone without a business degree that wants to succeed in retail.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Resource for Budding Entrepreneurs, December 18, 2007

By	B. Mills "gfoyle69" (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In depth information and resources for operating and being successful as a retail entrepreneur. This has helped me in more ways than I can reccount. Exceptional, and organized in a very helpful manner. A most for anyone who is preparing to open or already has a retail endeavor.