The Corner Shoe Store...

This is a little story about the corner shoe store that could or should i say that cant. A new skate shop just opened up in my little town and i went by to checkem out the other day and as i started speaking to the guy ofcourse my immediate attention drew to bring up what shoes they were getting in and after another couple of minutes of general discussion it was evident that this dude who had put all his money into his little dream skate shop knows absolutly nothing about the products he is selling, what his customer wants and what products are available. In this fast paced cut throat dog eat dog man kill man world i personally dont think just having the passion is enough to do something as owning and operating your own store you need to be motivated, you need to be informed you bascially need to keep your eyes and ears open and use your instincts and common sense, and use your book smarts if youve got any. Anyways back to the store the guy goes did you know nike is making skate shoes these days??? i was like "Really yea what are they?"" dude "Sb C's i think they are called" and more talk like this followed for hte next 20 minutes. So i dunno im all for the underdogs but in this case if your gonna go into business without having all your facts and figures and strategies i give them tops till next winter unless they get there shit together and there seems to be a awful lot of people going out of business around here the new shopping mall is hurting the local holders..

Peace if you have similar stories or thoughts on this matter please feel free to leave a comment

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