My partner and I have worked in locally owned retail businesses for over a decade and we're itching to go into business for ourselves. We're both book people and would be most interested in opening a used bookshop. There are currently two in our city, and they both do quite well. So we feel like - why couldn't we do that? We would obviously choose to locate ourselves in another area of the city away from the other two, but I still feel like opening a bookshop (or well...any small shop) can be a scary step and you can very easily end up failing/not having enough business.
So...are any AWers current or former bookshop owners?
The plan would be for my partner to work f/t in the new shop and I would continue to work at least p/t at my current job, so we wouldn't be completely relying on the one source of income.
So...are any AWers current or former bookshop owners?
The plan would be for my partner to work f/t in the new shop and I would continue to work at least p/t at my current job, so we wouldn't be completely relying on the one source of income.