Comments on: Quoth the Raven, “LBS Nevermore” http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/04/quoth-the-raven-lbs-nevermore/ Renaissance Bicycles custom builds road, touring, and commuter steel bikes. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:02:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ann Arbor real estate http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/04/quoth-the-raven-lbs-nevermore/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Ann Arbor real estate Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:10:30 +0000 http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/?p=798#comment-197 Good post about specialty retailing. While Ann Arbor still has several good bicycle stores, many other specialty retailers are long gone. For instance there is not one local camera store anymore. My feeling is the that showrooms need to be small with samples available, suppliers should be able to ship to the consumer direct - next day or two days. This takes a lot the burden of overhead from inventory and rent away from the retailer. Strong inventory management is critical to keep best sellers in stock with high turn rates. While your post is about bike shops, it really it true for all of retailing, way to go! Good post about specialty retailing. While Ann Arbor still has several good bicycle stores, many other specialty retailers are long gone. For instance there is not one local camera store anymore.
My feeling is the that showrooms need to be small with samples available, suppliers should be able to ship to the consumer direct – next day or two days. This takes a lot the burden of overhead from inventory and rent away from the retailer. Strong inventory management is critical to keep best sellers in stock with high turn rates.
While your post is about bike shops, it really it true for all of retailing, way to go!

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