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Start and Run a Retail Business
by Jim Dion, Ted Topping
from Self-Counsel Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Great book on Retail, but written more for large retail businesses. 
I am starting a small retail business and found this books description to be along the same lines of what i wanted to know. But, I was disappointed when i recieve this book.
The book covers everything one would want to know about running a retail business. But, it was really written for large retail companies, not small businesses.
The book has chapters on merchandizing, buying, hiring sales people, managing sales force, etc. You will learn a great deal of information about analyzing your... more info
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Good content; light on colorful examples 
The authors did a good job of explaining the academics of retail. They covered everything from strategies for purchasing, competing with big chains, advantages of technology and training for employees. This is a great book for those concepts. However, the authors explain these concepts in much the same way Ben Stein talks about dry eyes. Colorful retail experiences could be used to make fun examples and make the book more readable and less like a lecture from a finance professor. My only other gripe was... more info
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Excellent primer 
Looking into starting a retail business prompted me to look for books that would give an insight into the world of retail. This book has not dissapointed. The writing is light while providing good information and real world examples.
The resource CD contains spreadsheets and documents such as job descriptions, payroll budget, supplier checklist, balance of business which provide a great starting point for the owner.
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Ok, but out of date
This has some good information as noted by other reviewers, but also a few shortcomings. Some of its advice will be useful only for particular businesses. It contains many references to fashion retailing and will be very relevant for people doing that.
The major shortcoming is that the technology chapter is woefully out of date. Written in 1998, it contains such chestnuts as, "We believe that every one of the personal computers in your store should have a CD-ROM drive." and "Providing information over... more info
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