Becoming an Entrepreneur
Opening a Costume Jewelry Retail Business
You've decided to open a costume jewelry retailer. Now what? At first, it sounds complicated but the key is to get started and never give up.
Thinking about opening a costume jewelry retailer? We tell you what you need to know to get started.
How to Create Effective Costume Jewelry Store Business Plans
A great business plan will lay a strong foundation for growth in your startup costume jewelry retailer.
Business plans address a wide range of issues, including startup financials. Since investors and lenders rely heavily on your business plan's financial forecasts, fudged numbers and vague forecasting are a sure way to sabotage your funding efforts.
Subsequently, a thorough understanding of business plan financial basics is a prerequisite to effective business plan writing for costume jewelry retailers.
Look Over the Competition
Well in advance of opening a costume jewelry retailer within your community, it's a good idea to determine how many competitors you have. Try our link below to find competitors in your city. Just enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of costume jewelry retailers in your community.
Before you open up shop, make sure you know what you will offer to your customers that provides a significant advantage over your competition's offering.
Learning More About the Industry
As part of your due diligence on opening a costume jewelry retailer, you really ought to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. Local competitors are not going to give you the time of day, mind you. Why would they want to educate a future competitor?
On the other hand, an individual who has a costume jewelry retailer on the other side of the country will be much more likely to talk with you, once they realize that you are not going to directly compete with them in their community. In fact, they are often very willing to share startup advice with you. Our estimate is that you may have to contact many business owners to find one who is willing to share his wisdom with you.
What's the best way to find an owner of a costume jewelry retailer who is willing to talk to you but doesn't live nearby?
Here's how we would do it. Try the useful link below and key in a random city/state or zipcode.
Costume Jewelry Store Acquisitions: Financial Considerations
Startup costume jewelry retailers carry a host of financial risks and concerns. Without an operational history, it's hard to predict how your startup will actually perform in the marketplace.
One of the ways to mitigate the financial risk of a startup is to modify your approach to tap into the financial benefits of buying an existing costume jewelry retailer. Established costume jewelry retailers have reliable revenue streams and loyal customer bases � both of which will shape your company's financial landscape.
An acquired business also has documented assets and earnings - a big advantage with lenders and investors.
Consider Franchising
You should know that your odds of surviving in business greatly improve if you decide to franchise and benefit from the prior work of others and their lessons learned.
As part of your process in starting a costume jewelry retailer, it's worthwhile to determine whether there are good franchise opportunities available that might be the right move for you.
The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.
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- Interview with Kevin and Kalen Redmon, Co-Owners of Limon Verde
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