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They’re valuable assets. Use them well. Volunteer-driven events are not an accident or a by-product of your store. If you have a game room, you should make leve...

And How You’ll Avoid Them You’ve heard the horror stories of small business failure. You know that about 110% of them fail in the first five minutes and t...

Disasters and Disasters Averted You might wear a seat belt because your local laws require it. You might also wear one in case you get in a collision. Sure, a h...

Inventory Management through a Product’s Life Cycle Most retailers develop skill at selling products on the sales floor. For many, this is part of why they beca...

Store Planning for Deep Pockets This column makes certain assumptions about your business model. One of these assumptions concerns the expected sales volume of ...

Know Who and Why Whether you’re still in the planning stages or looking for an option to grow your business, one option you might want consider is bringing in a...

Owner, Yes. Operator, No. People often ask me about the concept of opening a game store and keeping their day job. Most often, people in this group have a highe...

And you thought it was only one When you work for somebody else, you usually have one job. You might be a salesman or an IT professional. The company employs ot...

Where is your attention focused? “Should I put the sparkly dice next to the pearly ones?” The question reveals a microscopic look at one aspect of your store’s ...

Opening a Store without Breaking the Bank Before we even begin, let me point out that I do not recommend this business model for most people who want commercial...