Becky Leonard opened Under One Roof in Plattsburgh NY in 1990, to fulfill a lifetime dream of owning and operating her own small business. Prior to opening up her store she worked in retail and restaurants, which gave her the jump-start to open her own business. When deciding the type of store to open she Read More …
At Specialty Store Services, our customers are the foundation of our business. Without them, we would not be where we are today. And while we aim to educate, often times we’ve found that it’s us who ends up learning valuable lessons from our customers. We’re excited to announce a new monthly feature – Customer Spotlight. Read More …
Opening a new store is an exciting and nerve-racking time, so it is easy to get distracted and turn a successful opening into a flop. A new store is like most things in the sense that it is important to get things off to a good start and a bad opening day event can set Read More …
You have decided to open a new retail store? Congratulations! What an interesting, challenging and rewarding professional future you have ahead of you! You and your big ideas. So, you have a vision of the store you’d like to open. You’ve decided what type of merchandise you’d like to sell and you can just see Read More …
We launched a new website to help the prospective new store owner. The site is called www.OpeningaNewStore.com and you will find lots of information about how to opening a new store: how to find suppliers, negotiating credit card processing, type of stores your can open. It was built by store owners for new store owners. Read More …