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- Starting Your Own Business- (504)
You have got a great idea, which you want to turn into a successful business. So who do you turn to for business advice?
Well on this factsheet, we have put together some information about a range of key business questions. We hope you’ll find it useful
in getting your business off the groun.
- Food Packaging & Design- (343)
This fact sheet gives you some useful tips and suggestions about how you can improve your packaging and its design, and looks at some recent trends.
- Visual Merchandising - (452)
Is your business looking its best to attract customers?
This Fact Sheet is designed to help retailers discover more about visual merchandising and get some fresh ideas on using great displays to increase business throughout the year.
- Stock Control - (665)
Empty shelves waste money and can disappoint customers. All retailers operate a system of stock control - even if,sometimes,it is all kept in the head. But times change,trading environments change,the economy changes and competitors come and go.All these could have an impact on how you control your stock.
- Securing Business Premises - (500)
When taking steps to secure your shop,you should make sure that security measures are appropriate,realistic and cost effective.You need to keep criminals out - but let customers,suppliers and employees in.
- Trading in the Shadow of the Multiples - (305)
Of course,there are not many people who will walk into an independent retail outlet and then walk out again to go to a multiple if they can buy what they want right then from that shop. Most customers who are lost to the independent retailer decide where they are
going before leaving their home. So perceptions,preconceptions and prejudices are very important to retailers - big and small
- Independent Retailers - (298)
We hear a lot these days about how sales on the internet are growing.But is it really a way for independent retailers to secure and grow their businesses? This review examines three approaches to using the internet for retail.These should help independent retailers consider whether it is right for them.
- Halal Food Opportunities - (677)
This Fact Sheet explains the Halal concept and ethos, explores market trends and identifies existing opportunities, some recent innovations and ways in which new opportunities and new products can be developed.
- Getting More Customers - (349)
Marketing activities include anything to do with identifying the particular wants and needs of a target market of customers,and meeting those customer wants and needs better than the competitors.
- Future of London Retailers - (511)
This ABi Fact Sheet provides an introduction to the key issues in London – starting with the most positive opportunities and then highlighting the threats.
- Customer Care - (281)
Caring for your customers,making sure that your service is friendly and speedy,is probably the most cost-effective way of improving profits. Happy customers spend more.They recommend you to their friends.And getting new customers is far more expensive than keeping the ones you already have.
- Crime - (291)
Retail crime is not just shop theft:it includes graffiti,vandalism,abuse and threats, burglaries,robberies and violence.Crime saps companies of funds,places pressure on prices, demoralises staff and can have devastating consequences on physical and emotional well-being.
- Cash Flow- (330)
Poor cash flow can cause otherwise strong businesses to fail. Good profits in a month when you have a lot of expenditure won’t necessarily be enough to keep your shop afloat.
- Business Planning - (329)
Why should retailers get involved with Business Planning? Many retailers have built and run successful shops without bothering with formal business planning. So why would they bother?
- A Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs- (279)
- Business Survival Toolkit- (185)
Creative & Cultural Skills have created a new online resource to help creative businesses navigate difficult times and prepare for future growth. The Business Survival Toolkit, developed with partners the Crafts Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, Cultural Leadership Programme and Design Council, forms part of the revitalised Creative Choices website.
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