Start A Prosperous Specialty Shih Tzu Grooming Shop
Cost
of investment:
The major
elements involved
in setting
up a Shih Tzu Groom Shop are:
1. Rent
and security deposits.
2. Renovation
3. Tools
and equipment
4. Furniture and fixtures
5. Legal fees
6. Insurance
7. Advertising
8. Supplies
9. Cash reserve
The
cost will depend upon your location and
the materials
you start out with. You can
estimate at least
$10,000 to start your Specialty
Shih Tzu Grooming Shop.
Rent: Will vary according
to the specific location. Rent
in a major metropolitan center will
be greater than in
a rural area.
A landlord will usually demand
a security deposit in advance or
with your
first months
rent. In addition, there will
likely be deposits required for utilities.
Renovation:
Is dependent upon the
Shih Tzu Groom shops condition and your
desire to alter or design the shop.
Tools and
equipment: A basic assortment
of clippers, blades,
scissors, shampoos, brushes, combs, cosmetics for your
Shih Tzu Groom Shop will cost at
a minimum of $400. Heavy
equipment such
as dryers,
cages and tables
fitted with groom loops will cost at
a minimum of $2,000.
Legal
fees: If
you choose a lawyer to
negotiate a lease
on the most favorable
terms for your Shih Tzu Groom Shop, his or her
services can cost more than $300.00.
The investment may be well worth it, however, if
you are unable to negotiate a favorable lease term yourself.
Insurance: Is a must have item.
Advertising:
Before opening the doors to your Shih Tzu Groom Shop, you will want to advertise and promote the shop as quickly as possible. Ways of
advertising could be through the
Yellow Pages, newspapers, direct mail and flyers, at vet offices,
pet supply warehouses and the internet.
One page websites
on the
internet describing your business with e-mail and telephone numbers
would be quite helpful. You
would need to
market and promote your website as well.
Supplies:
Pet supplies such as designer
pet clothing, shampoos,
crme rinses, toys and treats, even a pet food
distributorship such as HealthyPetNet Lifes Abundance could become quite prosperous in a busy Shih Tzu Grooming Shop. The possibilities for retailing pet supplies in a Shih Tzu Grooming Shop
are endless.
Reserve cash: You will of course need to start out with a
fair amount of
reserve cash in your Shih Tzu Grooming Shop.
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A Gift Basket for Faraway Family Members
I know very well what it's
like to have family who live far away.
When I was growing up,
my grandparents
and aunts/uncles
and cousins lived across
the ocean.
When I had
my own kids, their grandparents
and aunts/ uncles lived on
the other side
of the country. Now
that my sister
has 2
small children, the youngest
of whom
I've never met, this being far away has
hit me
again. How can
we show far away family,
especially when children
are involved, that we want
to be close
and stay connected?
We
could design a gift basket
for family members
who live far away,
just to say we care.
We would put into it several
mementos that make the distance between
us seem smaller.
If we
have young children, we could
send grandparents
a digital picture frame. In case you're
wondering what
a digital picture
frame is; it
is a device about the
size and
shape of a picture frame that has a LCD screen. The screen displays
multiple photos in a slide show format, and it connects
to the Internet
via the phone line to download new pictures and
information to display. You use
your computer to upload
photos to a website and every day the frame uses the phone line to connect to the website and download any new photos. This
is an ideal
way to send digital photos of the family to grandparents who lack a computer and/or the skills to use one.
We could also include a DVD,
or a
video depending on the equipment we and they
have, of some recent activity; perhaps our
child scoring a goal
at soccer or
performing in a recital, or even
just a family
picnic or something like that. Photos are great, certainly better
than nothing,
but they just don't show you what the child is really like as well as video does. They don't give you as
much of a feeling of being there as a movie does. We could also include a
tape (either audiotape or videotape) of our child
giving the recipient a special message.
Of course we could always send
regular photos
too. One idea to make a photo special is to cut out the shape of the children (the important part) and have it glued
onto a
plastic block so that it stands upright
by itself. Another idea is to frame the photo in a magnetic frame that is suitable
for the
holiday so that it is easy to put on the fridge. I have one on my
fridge right now that is a
heart frame for
Valentines Day. You can often get these at places like Target. We could include a picture the child has drawn or
painted, or even a
small thing the child has made
himself if the child
likes to do crafts.
Of course, most of these
ideas are not just for children and grandparents, although I know that the
time when you feel the farthest away
from your family is when
either you are a child away
from grandparents, or you are away from a small child, especially a
grandchild. These ideas can be applied to any
faraway family
members. When family members
move away is when they most need to know that
we're thinking of them. A gift basket would be a great way to
reassure them of this.
Tracy Crowe loves to feel connected and closer to her family.
