Opening A Dollar Store - Watch Out For Sales Changes!


by Bob Hamilton - Date: 2007-04-24 - Word Count: 371 Share This!

Being an entrepreneur includes many challenges. Opening a dollar store is no exception. One of the challenges is in being so close to your business that you lose sight of changes that are occurring in that business. Yet daily, weekly and monthly sales data can be early indicators of changes in business operations.

If you are opening a dollar store be sure to allot time to examine sales data for your store. Of course formal monthly, quarterly and annual examinations should occur with your account as well. But don't wait for meetings with your accountant. If you are opening a dollar store examine the data yourself. Examine store sales on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

The daily examination should be primarily focused on total store sales. If you are a very large store by-department sales results could also be examined. This examination is to note changes in sales against previous days and the same day in previous weeks. If your sales are up or down significantly look for causes for this change. Successfully opening a dollar store dictates that the time be invested to fully investigate significant changes in daily sales.

Weekly and monthly examination should include total store sales as well as by-department sales results. If changes are detected a lengthy set of questions should be answered to help understand the potential cause of the changes. Among the questions to ask yourself:

• Have there been significant changes?

• What are the reasons for those changes?

• If sales are down, what actions are required to recover sales?

• If sales are up, what are the causes for the increase?

• Have new departments risen to the top and former top selling departments dropping to the bottom?

• Is there a need to adjust inventory levels within specific departments to match those sales? This is all important data for management after opening a dollar store.

While data collection and analysis can be rather boring when compared to other tasks associated with opening a dollar store it is important. Analysis of daily, weekly and monthly sales data is something that must be done. Sales data can provide early warning when there are business changes (Both positive and negative changes!) occurring in your business. Be aware and address changes in your business quickly.

To Your Dollar Store Success!


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