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Just wondering the difference in the location of all of our shops. My shop is local and i have two very part time staff who fill in when needed and give me time off also.

I was wondering how staff ratio compared locally to the town centre. So just to quench my nosiness - where is your shop and how many staff do you have?

Sometimes i hear florists who have tons of staff but obviously i realise that it doesnt mean more profit, just wondered?

Our town is a bit funny. It used to be two sides, the wick side and then the pultney side. There is the main town centre which was originaly the Wick side. The shop is on the pultney side in their "town centre". Well i say town centre...its the main shopping street on this side of town.

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I'm local, my husband helps but not with the floristry but apart from him I have no regular staff, although I do have 3 that help as needed, mainly peaks and large weddings. We are under a year old though, I'm hoping that one will become full time by this time next year.

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Thanks for your replies guys, i think if enough of us answer we may get into whether certain tactics apply to local areas or town centres. Maybe maybe not??

Im town centre
And i have 1 full timer kate and 2 part timers
Not inc me as im always on ere and dont do owt

I think to a certain extent some things are similar according to physical location but I think a lot of it also depends on the type of area including affluence and type of consumer etc.

thats why i am asking pl do not want to make any assumptions as i only have one shop in one area of the country.

We are in the centre of a small town - however.........

the town is divided into two streets - Commercial Street has all the butchers, greengrocers etc whereas our street has two pubs, a bank, several food outlets, a high class family run jewellers (next door) several hairdressers, a Mother of the Bride dress shop, a photographers, a stationers (the other next door) a surf shop (even though we are at least 30 miles from the sea) and a couple of cafes.

We are less than a year old and have two full time florists - Candy and me - with occasional help from my 79 year old mother who loves to condition the flowers!!!

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LilyLady


Lily's Floral Design

yeah definitely, it's a good thread - will be interesting to see how it pans out.

so are you local or town centre then pl or do you like to keep your location secret?