We are on the verge of a new season, which will bring returning friends, increase in activities. Cultural organizations like the symphony,jazz society, and community concert bands start again. Some businesses that were straining to stay open get a new lease on life with all the new customers.
When my store was open many customers talked about stocking up on things like guitar strings, wind instrument reeds and other musical supplies as there was not a good music store here. My store closing was a big hit on the company and I am hoping to find a place to reopen or at least have some retail outlet to serve the customers that said they would buy from me this year instead of stocking up from a music store in their northern home. For me the prospect is a bit daunting as I am not well recovered from last years try. Last year could be looked at as the death of the effort to get into retail or a dry run with valuable lessons learned.
This is a much smaller market compared to Chicago but I do have the chicago business to sustain me. The tuning business has little overhead and little risk campared to retail with stock to buy and a physical presence to maintain. I intend to try agian in spite of the risks. Retail offers more exposure to all the services offered of the company and greatly expands the services that the company can extend to my customer base here.
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