Vaping is an industry that is on fire. Currently, there are between 6,000 and 7,000 vape shops in the U.S.—not counting smoke shops, convenience stores and other hybrid outlets that also sell vape products. This number is not expected to shrink anytime soon. Distilling the Numbers As the number of tobacco smokers continues to decline, Read More …
In 2006, Sherry Redwine opened Odyssey Pets, a pet supply company that offers pet supplies as well as grooming, boarding and daycare in Dallas, TX. When she first decided to open Odyssey Pets she wanted to fill the gap between big box stores and the dying breed of mom and pop pet stores. Sherry has Read More …
In 2011, Kendra Gainey opened Gainey Girl Boutique as a dot-com company, and in 2013, as her business grew, she decided to open a brick and mortar store in Roselle, New Jersey. Gainey Girl Boutique is a women’s specialty clothing store where extraordinary women come to dress for work, play and church. According to her Read More …
In 2012, Mary Miller opened Splashed with Creativity because of her lifelong love of art in Crystal Lake IL, after having taught elementary education for 20 years. Today, she sells Canvas Art, Ceramic Tiles, Greeting Cards and more in vibrant and cheery designs. She has used her art to benefit a variety of charities over Read More …
In May 2010, Sarah Ercolani opened in Whitmore Lake, Mi a pet supply company that emphasizes in helping Dog Rescue and Non-Profit Organizations. When opening Fun Time Dog Shop, Sarah had two goals in mind. First, to help support some of the over 6 million dogs that are homeless and placed in shelters or with Read More …
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 …