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Boy is setting up a retail operation ever a lot of work. We have been actively working at remodeling the showroom at the shop for the last two weeks to turn it into a full retail operation. The paint is finally drying now, next is the cleanup after the renovations including washing and waxing the floor to get it ready for the new showcases.
The list of other little details is almost endless...signage, flyers, distribution, decoration, yellow pages, layout details, lighting, security, telephone extension, interact banking, credit card scanner,chosing stock to carry, ordering of stock, waiting for stock, making up inventory of our own products,and so on. It never seems to end...it's a good thing that we have had a showroom for our own knives for the last 7 years so we had most of it under control before we started renovations (so we thought).
Everything we have to do involves moving something that is in the road because it was moved from somewhere else to make room for the painters or carpenters to work. Today I was told that I had to completely tidy up my work area because the knife sharpening equipment was going to be moved tomorrow afternoon so it can be seen from the showroom through the new window that was installed for the entertainment of the customers who are waiting while their knives are being sharpened.
I figured going in that the whole thing could be completed in a couple of weeks but it looks like the end of January before we will be ready to open to the public.
Now I can see why there are so few dedicated bricks and morter knife stores.
The list of other little details is almost endless...signage, flyers, distribution, decoration, yellow pages, layout details, lighting, security, telephone extension, interact banking, credit card scanner,chosing stock to carry, ordering of stock, waiting for stock, making up inventory of our own products,and so on. It never seems to end...it's a good thing that we have had a showroom for our own knives for the last 7 years so we had most of it under control before we started renovations (so we thought).
Everything we have to do involves moving something that is in the road because it was moved from somewhere else to make room for the painters or carpenters to work. Today I was told that I had to completely tidy up my work area because the knife sharpening equipment was going to be moved tomorrow afternoon so it can be seen from the showroom through the new window that was installed for the entertainment of the customers who are waiting while their knives are being sharpened.
I figured going in that the whole thing could be completed in a couple of weeks but it looks like the end of January before we will be ready to open to the public.
Now I can see why there are so few dedicated bricks and morter knife stores.
