Savvy Store Blog

What's in a Savvy Store blog, you ask? You'll find business tips, recycling and reuse ideas, creative store fixture use, community events, store design, and much more. We post our blog once a week(ish) and try to mix helpful with a dash of amusement. Enjoy!

Store Design Assistance

Are just opening a store and feel completely overwhelmed or have you been there for years and you're looking to make your store look new and different? Store design and layout is another thing that we can help you with.

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Are You Ready for an Intern?

Small businesses can provide great environments in which students can learn valuable skills. It's true. I promise. You might not think that your business has much to teach anyone, but if you were a student of business, some of the best education you could get would be practical experience.

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Get a File Cabinet

In starting a business... or maintaining the one you currently have, you will need to keep all of your paperwork organized (see our fabulous article on paper trails ). And for keeping all of that pesky paper in line, you will need a file cabinet.
You never need to buy a new file cabinet.

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Rearrange Your Store Before You Rearrange Your Store

So I read the PCMag.com's list of the best free software every year. It always gives me some new ideas and something I can take a look without the fear that it will screw up my computer. My favorite this year is Sweet Home 3D free interior design program. It's the more tree-friendly equivalent of mapping out your store on graph paper and making paper cutouts of all your fixtures.

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Ownership Structure Demystified

Who do you want to own your business?
Just you? You and a partner? You and a group of partners?
Who will be legally and financially responsible?
Deciding on an ownership structure could be a very difficult decision. So here are the most basic of options to help you figure it all out:

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