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    Fraud and Theft from Retail Horror Stories

    I've worked in places before where members of staff have been caught either applying dodgy refunds on the tills and pocketing the cash, or not ringing customer's items into the till and pocketing the cash. Generally, the more modern the system, the less likely this is. If you design systems...
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    Advice on opening a gift shop

    Hello, Thanks once again for the advice. I went to meet the current owners today, had a chat with them and was shown round. Handbags turn out to be one of their best sellers infact. When I spoke to the estate agent, he didn't seem to think they did very well, but they're actually one of their...
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    Advice on opening a gift shop

    Hi Thanks everyone for your advice once again. I don't exactly see why everyone is anticipating such high startup costs though? I don't need to pay three months rent up front, as I'll be taking the rent straight from the current owner, and it's all being done through a local estate agent...
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    Advice on opening a gift shop

    Thank you kindly for your replies so far, they've been a huge help. For me, there haven't been any alarm bells so far, as the current owner has been running it for years with a pretty average stock range, and he has closed it for four months during the winter. So I think if I took it over...
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    Advice on opening a gift shop

    Hi guys Hoping for as much advice as possible, so if anyone would take the time to give me some it would be much apreciated. I'll explain the situation first. Basically the owner of a local gift shop is retiring. At first he was selling the shop as a going concern, but he was asking a lot...
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