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Hey peeps

Some of you know i have been talking of getting a second shop I would love those who have to help me out or those who have had

anyway i have been looking around thinking, considering, worrying and needing a second shop my shop is so small its doing my head in but i want to keep it as it does so well its location is slap bang in the centre of my town and rents is minimal so i would like to keep it on..... i cansideing moveing to a town close to mine

So guys please can i have your thoughts on opening the second shop the good, the bad and the ugly

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Not got a shop as you know but here is my 2 pennith worth
You would need someone very reliable to manage one of them someone who would be willing to take on all the responsiblity of the day to day running ordering selling etc it would be impossible with a young family to be able to do all of that for both shops manage home and a young family sorry if this sounds negative but with 2 shops home and family something would have to fall by the wayside

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yeh have thought of all that ..... but i also considered getting a partner in on the idea as its not ust about a second shop there are other things i want to introduce which is where i think i do need the extra help

anyone interested pm me

i've also heard the fors and agaist on this too but its more what do you find with a second shop what is the fors and agaists?

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I had 2 shops at one time ...... it was hard!

If you are prepared to accept that you can't watch over every pot plant and every cut flower you can make it work. You are much more reliant on your staff and you have to have a good team you can trust to have your interests at heart!

We used to run all the make up from the bigger shop which was good for stock management but you do always seem to be shuffling stuff around.

Like all business decisions there are pros and cons ....... you just have to weigh them all up ...... but staff and over heads are the biggest factors here.

Good luck ...... whatever you decide

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I agree with what Treen has said - you really do need to have a strong team in place.

Whilst it would be easier with a partner, I would have thought it would have needed to be someone from the outset rather than someone coming in after you'd had a shop for a couple of years as it's very hard to change and to accept differences in opinion.

I could not begin to imagine running two shops as well as having a family with young children and I truly believe it would affect your family life in a big way.

Two shops, twice as many problems and you can't be in two places at once.

It is definitely doable, but hard work and it depends on the type of person you are and your circumstances. From what I've picked up, you seem the type of person who wants to get involved and know about everything and I personally don't think that is possible when you have more than one shop.

If I was you and if your current shop is making a decent profit I wouldn't do anything to rock the boat. Taking on a second shop in a another area will more than likely mean it has to be run differently as every location is completely different so what works for you now may not work somewhere else and you will have to spend a great deal of time and effort there at the outset to get things moving.

What would be interesting to know is what your reasons are for wanting a second shop to see where you're coming from....

Hi

I think its a great ideaAnd you might need some more boxes........not that that has anything at all to do with it of course!!

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I currently have two shops and it is hard work. The good thing about having two shops is that you can move stock between both easily. We have only one set of books, so your not having to invoice between them both. The downfall side to it is accounting becomes more of a nightmare. We have two lots of good staff who are flexible and they need to be. Another downside to it all this is that we hardly see each other and have even less time for the kids who are nearly 18 and 14.
My personal opinion is that I would stick with the one shop. Could you relocate to a bigger premises or extend your existing shop if so that is what i would look at.
As others have said have a long think about it. There are more negatives than positives as I see it.

What would be interesting to know is what your reasons are for wanting a second shop to see where you're coming from....[/quote]

My reasons are basically i have no space in the shop i am in to do what

as in displaying, gettiing in larger weddings expanding if you know what i mean at the mo i just can't take on a large wedding or a funeral contract i have no storage

But i am winning customers that do have money to spend which is brill but if they want a large job doing i haven't the space to store work i have to do most of it on site on the day which is more stressful so a bigger shop is what i want BUT i don't want to give this one up!!!

I hope that all makes sense you know what i'm like

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My personal opinion is that I would stick with the one shop. Could you relocate to a bigger premises or extend your existing shop if so that is what i would look at.
As others have said have a long think about it. There are more negatives than positives as I see it.[/quote]


The problem is i want to stay in the location i am and the shops that come up here are either just way to big or the rent is just silly i can't extend the shop as we have a river running right behind and straight under (the only way is up lol)

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