Category Archives: Retail Store Business

As a small business owner (the owner of a gas station to be precise) I understand how equipment replacement-intensive small businesses can get. If you are anything like me, I’ve investigated equipment acquisition options for my business until I’ve been blue-in-the-face. In my experiences, leasing has won hands-down as the most affordable and least-stressful alternative Read more...

If you currently own a business or are planning on owning a business in the future, you need to learn the five most-important essentials of business to know. The essentials are based on a study conducted by the convenience store industry and are centered around a shopper’s “hierarchy of needs,” including safety, cleanliness, hospitality, simplicity Read more...

Every manager or business owner runs into issues with how to motivate employees at one time or another–a seemingly good employee hits a slump or drops off the deep end, and you don’t know what to do about it. Or, you hire what appears to be a good candidate, and for whatever reason they just Read more...

To say that cash flow for business is important is an understatement. Cash keeps your doors open, your lenders happy, and your employees from leaving. Cash flow is ultimately what investors or business owners need to see, and cash is your business’ breath of life. As a gas station owner myself, I know nothing on Read more...

If you are tired of spinning your wheels with your business and getting nowhere, it’s time for you to commit to learning How to Make it in Business, and this year is the time to do it! The economy has been stagnant for a while, but that is no excuse for not being able to Read more...

If you’re anything like me, you manage the people, processes and resources of your business with the best of them, but are you your own best task manager? You probably don’t want to admit that you love distractions, but most likely you do! In fact, just like monkeys, we get a shot of adrenaline every Read more...

In the ever-present battle for convenience store owners trying to figure out how to increase sales, Mars Chocolate North America recently completed such a study in partnership with a national c-store retailer. What they found out is a look inside the convenience store shopper’s mind to understand the way he or she makes a purchase Read more...

Extending a two-year trend, small business sales inched up again in 2011, according to BizBuySell.com, an online business-for-sale marketplace. This upward spike dates back to the beginning of 2009. This is good news for those with businesses for sale, as one could well imagine! The number of small businesses across the United States reportedly changing Read more...

Some people are born to be leaders, and some people learn to be leaders. Then there is the “other” group, who never learn to be leaders, and hopefully you won’t fall into that category after reading this post! In my mind, in order to be a good leader, you first have to be a good Read more...

Some of the biggest issues small business owners face in today’s turbulent economy is how to develop a marketing in small business strategy that works within their budget. In the war to attract fresh customers and retain current customers, a strategic marketing game plan is absolutely required. One very important aspect to strategic marketing is Read more...