Saturday, April 21, 2007

A little less black

Today is, I think, a better day. I think it's post-holiday blues or something. I'd much rather be out there on the open road.
Also, I'm getting increasingly worried about the future of this bookshop. There used to be a post office and two banks in this little stretch of Boronia but they have all moved to different parts of town. In doing so, an awful lot of passing foot traffic has disappeared with them. Trade has declined accordingly. More and more we seem to be relying on the regulars and, sadly, they just aren't enough. I'm seriously thinking that we might have to move to a more lucrative position - where there are people wandering around and, therefore, are more likely to pop in to have a look. Once they do that they invariably buy something.
Something has to be done though - for most of this year we've been struggling to pay the rent and bills. Stock purchases have become very few and far between. That doesn't help attract new (or even old) customers either.
The logistics of such a move is the stuff of nightmares though.

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