Re: Price check in Aisle 5!

Brenda Lewis wrote:
LizardGumbo wrote:

In short, I'm unhappy with Old Mill Stitchery and I'm working toward opening my own LNS in Liberty, but it's a long goal--10 years.

I'm talking to people and finding out that a good part of the reason brick-and-mortar LNSs are going out of business is 1) their crappy banker's hours
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One of the big challenges for an LNS is having a wide range of service hours when the store is staffed by only one or two people. More hours usually means hiring more employees.


But staggering the hours is possible without hiring more people. For example: M/W/F open at 10 and close at 6, T/Th open at noon and close at 8. (or vice versa) Same total number of hours as 10-6 every day, but you better serve the working people who cannot get there by 6.

I'm sure I'm not the only person who refuses to use up all my vacation days to shop at stores that are open when it is convenient for the owner and not when it is most convenient for the customers.

If you insist on being home to have dinner with the kids every night, there are better jobs for you than running a store that should be open when the customers are available. If you won't put the customers' needs and convenience first, then don't blame the chain stores when the customers shop somewhere that doesn't require them to take a day off work.


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