Retail and Restaurants

Being a successful retailer or restaurateur is always challenging, but in difficult and turbulent economic conditions, it is downright daunting. At the SBDC, we've experienced the face-to-face activity of selling to a customer in a bricks and mortar facility and can suggest concrete tactics that can contribute to the profitability and sustainability of your business enterprise.

We can also address issues of E-commerce and technology and how doing business with the cyber-customer can have dramatic implications for the traditional bricks and mortar businesses; indeed, when does "clicks and mortar" become the proper strategic alternative? The dimensions of doing business are expanding rapidly to boundaries only defined by the speed of a click!

The SBDC will help you examine tested methods of generating sales and providing service and work with you to explore the techniques and considerations for competing in the changing world. Whether you're big or small, you need a reason for being, and a plan for lasting.  Just go to our home page or click our Request Assistance button to be directed to the consultant in your region to start with, and they can connect you with the retail or restaurant specialist when the time is right.

Please note: SBDC services are provided in a nondiscriminatory way to all legal residents and citizens in the US.