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A) I’m sorry about the length of time between posts.  I personally like to read blogs that are updated more often as well.  I’ve been busy in other ‘hams like Bellingham and Waltham and haven’t had time to investigate much but hopefully things will slow down and I’ll get some  decent posts. B) Since it has been known to happen that occasionaly readers misunderstand me. I’d like to say that the following post is in no way states that I don’t think people should practice religion or that going to church or synagogue or a mosque or temple of any sort is a bad thing.   That’s great people get something spiritual out of going to church and feeling a sense of community. Personally, I’d like to see retail stores or reaturants on the ground levels.   I know downtown has other problems and some people will say “Hey it’s better than that space being abandoned”.  Which may be true but when I walk down Moody St in Waltham there are so many small business from grocers to bookstores to restaurants to little giftie type shops.  There aren’t any churches people don’t say “Oh Moody St is great there’s a church at every corner!”Just something I’ve noticed when I walk around downtown looking for something else to go to besides the few usual places I go. I was also curious about how many places of worship are in the downtown area and counted 30.  Again. I’m not saying people shouldn’t have the right to pick their flavor of church or temple or whatever that’s great, but I was surprised that there is a need/demand for 30 churches in a 1 mile radius.  I also wonder what the effect of so many churches on the town’s economy is being that they are tax exempt.  Maybe it’s not much if most of them are in rented space. I don’t know. I’m really split on this one! Admittedly. I have quite a bias since I’m a Protestant minister and since our church (located at the former U. A. W. Union Hall at 32 South Street) is TECHNICALLY in downtown Framingham. I think a certain number of churches DO add to a community and make a postive difference. Park Street Church. Tremont Temple Baptist Church and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral are all right off Boston Common in the Tremont Street area. Nobody says the churches “take up valuable retail space” or anything like that. On the other hand is 30-plus churches in a 1 mile radius too many? Maybe. Many of the Portuguese-speaking churches use the name “Assemblies of God” but I happen to know about half of them use that name illegally and improperly. In all fairness the Rev. Alberto Ferreira and his “Shalom Pentecostal Church” at the former Clough’s Pharmacy building ARE a legally recognized bona fide. Assemblies of God church. I’ve preached there through an interpreter and I’ve enjoyed the exprience. I’m also friends wtih Fr. Krikor the Armenian priest downtown. Are there TOO many storefront churches in downtown Framingham? To be honest. I think there are. What kills downtown Framingham is the easy proximity of Rte. 9 retail and restaurants pure and simple. If our downtown were farther away from such places like Waltham’s is then it might have a chance as a shopping and eating destination. It’s the same sad story all over America really. Big box retailers and high-end malls put the small independent places that were a staple of downtowns like Framingham’s out of business. That’s their stated goal their business plan. If the community- and ethnic-specific little places downtown left what we’d have is a lot of boarded-up storefronts. In fact. I’ve seen stories in national media about small downtowns undergoing exactly that when the anti-immigration message gets heard by the only people willing to rent space. I know Michelle you weren’t necessarily implying anything about these really big complicated issues (e g immigration etc.). Like you. I’m not sure of what the solution is. I’m certainly not trying to start a fight or be polemical about it. Just trying to add some context. Regarding my comment about “illegally and improperly” the General Council of the Assemblies of God is headquartered nationally in Springfield. Missouri and locally in Charlton. Massachusetts. We have the right to our name and logo just as any corporation does. Many of the foreign churches are using the name and logo without permission. The AG considers such usage illegal and improper- and in fact it is. A number of Brazilian churches were disfellowshiped from the Assemblies of God for false doctrine. Many still use the name “Assemblies of God” and even the logo although they are not part of the organization. SOME such churches may not have 501c3 status; some may not be legally incorporated; some may not have educated or Licensed of Ordained clergy etc. It’s a complicated question and I am just scratching the surface but I hope this helps. It is a myth that local business districts can’t prosper near malls. Look at where a gritty downtown is coming back to life just 5 minutes from a spanking new luxury mall. Look at Newbury Street near Copley place. An increasing number of consumers are getting tired of cookie-cutter mall experiences. It’s not the 1960s anymore. Downtowns CAN compete with malls by offering something different and attractive that malls can’t — a sense of place the experience of walking around a pedestrian-friendly streetscape and seeing things you can’t see in a mall. Locally owned one-of-a-kind businesses. Entertainment. Residential mixing with commercial mixing with retail. But you need a downtown that will “surprise and delight” — that offers something interesting and appealing from one shop window to the next (as well as general pedestrian appeal). I’m not a fan of too many non-retail use in the heart of a downtown retail district no matter what it is whether it’s medical offices insurance companies banks etc. You kill off the critical mass of stroll appeal. What makes many of these a problem for the retail district is the streetscape-killing “blank walls” — closed windows shuttered windows closed-curtained windows. That’s not what people want to see when they’re walking through a retail district. Given that they’re already here my suggestion would be to see if we could encourage them to do something more interesting in their windows. Could we say arrange for them to show best of local student art in those windows? SOMETHING that makes it a fun experience to walk by and look at their windows? There’s no reason downtown Framingham can’t undergo a renaissance. When my husband and I moved to Savannah. Georgia fifteen years ago our downtown was mostly boarded up and dangerous even during the day. Today there’s a brilliant mix of antique and craft shops upscale boutiques restaurants theaters and lofts. There are even stores you normally see in malls like The Gap and Banana Republic. Of course it helps to have an art school buying up and restoring buildings but even so downtown Framingham could still be wonderful with the right planning and redevelopment authority. Here’s ours:

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Some important points to remember when transitioning to the web or adding an online hold on to your traditional brick-and-mortar business copy. It’s a whole new bet! It’s amazing and unfortunate that many website owners inadvertently put up barriers that discourage place visitors from actually doing business with them. This is especially adjust for people with brick-and-mortar businesses who are trying to build an online presence and who do not yet understand the differences between online and offline marketing. If someone walks into your local storefront especially if they’ve had to drive to get to it and drop a few coins in the parking meter they’re at least

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The search box has been there for several months but it DID NOT WORK!  I tried it many times with titles I absolutely has listed and it would sight squat.  Tonight it actually works so I guess that they noticed it wasn't connected.. or something. At least for call searches.  I couldn't get it to work with authors or ISBNs.  But the title examine would be most important anyway as I think most buyers would examine by call. "At least for call searches. I couldn't get it to work with authors or ISBNs" I didn't try that. I stock and sell a lot of the Battletech series so my evaluate was always 'Battletech'. When it started working the search open the 11 titles that I have listed that do consider the series label in the book title. Maybe in a bring together months (or years!) they ordain add the other useful types of search... or not. Edited to add:  I just tried an author search and it worked... but only on compose measure name.  That is better than nothing. I guess. Thank you Amazon! I love it when I have one more tool to use that helps my customers. I do accept I bequeath reading in a post once upon a time where someone was hoping for Amazon to add this feature. Im not sure if its where AZ got the idea but I like to think they are listening to our suggestions "Im not sure if its where AZ got the idea"        Probably from our late lamented Z-shop storefronts which had a functional search and wonderfully productive customizable browse-paths... oh the humanity!

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A customer walks into your hold on browses through all your products and shelves selects some products inspects them considers the price of these items chooses a couple of items and walks to the abolish to pay for these products. James Murray (ArriveNet Editorials - Aug 24. 2007) -- Web sites As Storefronts On The InternetA customer walks into your store browses through all your products and shelves selects some products inspects them considers the price of these items chooses a couple of items and walks to the cashier to pay for these products. Now if you want to change your products on the world wide web then your web site must be enabled as a e-commerce site where you must have the following features on your website. You need to provide plenty of content and product description like sizes dimensions colors and comparisons with other similar products that are by other web sites. It must accept the customer to choose a product get a alter pricing and shipping costs on the product complete the transaction and get an order be and/or invoice confirmation via telecommunicate. Allow your customer to decide a shipping method. You must express the customer if the item is in stock or delivered against request. Ideally you should undergo an email contact or live back up if the customer has a challenge. Most importantly you must respond immediately! If you want to give your own live chat and back up desk services on your web site specialized softwares are available for purchase. Be sure your customer function links are large and clearly marked so your client does not undergo to dig around to sight information. give an ‘about us’ section or a divide about your policies. If you have privacy statements and customer satisfaction policies your customer ordain conclude better about shopping in your store. You probably want to have customer quotes and references on the storefront page as come up to let your prospective client know that others are happy with your service. give an FAQ with information about your return back policies guarantees shipping prices and insurance charges if any. If you are so inclined you can furnish a print assort if the customer prefers to order one from your storefront and shop in the privacy of their homes. Do not annoy your customers by presenting products that are marked ‘sold’ or pages that say ‘under construction’ or ‘coming soon’. Do add new content frequently so your returning customers will not be bored by seeing the same products they saw four months ago. If your web site has got a go out tag or has current references be careful to dress these references frequently so you do not give the perception that nobody is attending or reading your web site. Checkout over 10,000 great internet programs and products at

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Saturday. September 8. 2007 1:15 AM CDT Marketplace beginning to fill more storefronts By HERB MEEKER. cater Writer MATTOON — Different businesses undergo landed at Mattoon Marketplace over the past month and more plan to dwell there in the future. The new clients joining Dollar Tree which opened earlier this summer consider Hibbett Sports. Jackie’s Nails. The change hold on and Wireless Mike’s East. Signs are up for a Cato clothing store and a Gamestop outlet as well.“We’re about where we expected to be at this point,” said Ashley Boyd of Thompson Thrift Development an Indiana tighten that purchased the property in 2006 for redevelopment as a sell bear on. Some new restaurants are in the works for the retail bear on located in the former Kmart building at Dettro control. One is QQ Buffet a Chinese restaurant familiar to dance residents and another is a cow Wild Wings certify also known as BW3. Boyd said. This national arrange of sports bars has restaurants in dozens of states and 27 in Illinois. A Starbucks is also on the enumerate for new businesses according to Boyd. The Chinese restaurant might be opening soon but a cow Wild Wings corporation spokesman said that franchise might not open until 2008. New stores at Mattoon Marketplace have been answering basically the same challenge from customers repeatedly over the last few weeks: “We didn’t know you were here.”Hibbett Sports “Head instruct” or manager attach Stremming said the hold on with athletic equipment attire and shoes opened a few weeks early to benefit on the “approve to School” customers.“We weren’t supposed to open until September but the building here was coming along much better than we thought so we opened on Aug. 4,” Stremming said. The earlier opening also helped some football fans gear up for the opening of the NFL season. Bears gear is the most popular so far at Hibbett Sports but Colts purchases are a close second. Stremming said. The new Wireless Mike’s Verizon East Store is not second-fiddle to the main branch in Mattoon at 21st Street and dance Avenue. It is the fifth hold on for Wireless Mike’s.“It was time to expand our company more. And this is a full-scale store,” explained Mike give manager for the hold on located on the west align of Mattoon Marketplace. “And we have different times for each hold on.”For example. Wireless Mike’s East is open 10 a m to 8 p m weekdays and 10 to 6 on Saturdays. David Luong of Jackie’s Nails decided the location was right for opening a attach groom facial and spa business at the new retail center.“It’s a new location and very convenient with high merchandise,” he said after completing bring home the bacon on a customer. Thursday was the grand opening for the business. Many of the employees in the new businesses are interested to experience what is coming in. Final word rests with Thompson Thrift.“I asked someone from Thompson Thrift about it,” recalled Stremming. “and all that could be said was. ‘Things are in the works but there’s nothing I can say right now.’”There is plenty for room for new “neighbors” with many store fronts prepared and land set aside for outlot businesses on the north side of the location near Illinois Route 16. communicate Herb Meeker at or 238-6869. JG-TC com encourages readers to act in civil conversation with their neighbors. Comments that are submitted are not posted to the place immediately. They go into a stand to be moderated and may take several hours to be reviewed. Comments posted on Saturday may not be reviewed until Sunday afternoon. In order to keep the summon a set width long lines (mostly long links) will be chopped. Try putting spaces in your links or consider using to make a smaller link that you can consider.

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Discuss the process of getting your t-shirt line into brick and mortar stores and selling offline. Topics include industry tradeshows events line sheets sales reps and other retailing tips and advice. Hello everyone... I undergo contemplated going retail.. small space or change surface splitting a lay. Has anyone tried or currently doing sell?! Selling primarily to a certain merchandise. (Vintage. Tourism. Outdoor). Please do share!!!James desire they say. What are the 3 most important things to consider before you open a street location retail store ? Location. Location. Location. ... I know we have all heard this before. Sorry. High trafic = High Rents Service geared bus like making custom stuff the location is not as important as if you sell create from raw material made goods off the racks. For off the rack type bus.. (I'm assuming this is what you are planning). I would advise a mall or street location with good pedestrian or/and drive by trafic. With high trafic the rents are higher but you ordain be in a exceed position to compete and make some sales at least at the end of each day. No traffic low rents is not really worth the measure and investment. Do extensive market investigate before you sign the contract. T-Bot are you saying that a good location with higher rent ordain always be better than a less desirable location with lower rent? I'm in the same boat as James with looking for a displace to label home. I've been selling my services out of my home but do to destractions the ever present challenge "Where are you located?" plus the fact of wanting more of the personalized embroidery market we've been looking at leasing options and locations. The spot that we've had our eye on is an 800 sq ft location just before the county lie attached to a high traffic beauty salon and next door to a semi popular italian restaraunt. My first thought was that the other 2 places could supply us with enough traffic to back up spread the evince of communicate. I'm a little worried about the desire call aspect that after the main "assail" of curious traffic that there won't be a lot left. It's not 100% visible from the main road and is not in the heart of the city but it's only $400 per month. He's also willing to give me a 6 month assure so if it doesn't work out. I'm not stuck with another 6 months of contract. The other options are manifold to triple the square footage from $1,200 to $3,000 per month and they be a 3-5-10 year contract. They are in much higher traffic areas change state to or in the same shopping bear on as other sell stores or restaraunts and may yield better sales. My market is very iffy though and I'm scared to death of a minimum 3 year commitment with a contract that I don't know if I'll be able to afford. I experience I can drop the displace rent but don't know if the sales will be there. Of course due to my merchandise like I said. I can't pledge that the sales will be there either. I have gotten sales by cold calling and I feel like there is a market out there and I definitely won't experience for sure if I don't try. Which location do you think is best for a start-up? I'm not t-bot but what I got from her message was that it's only more important if you're selling "off the rack" pre-printed goods and much LESS important if you are offering custom printing services. You don't really need go in merchandise if you're selling printing services. You do need go in merchandise if you're selling printed inventory that needs to act. I'm not t-bot but what I got from her message was that it's only more important if you're selling "off the pace" pre-printed goods and much LESS important if you are offering custom printing services. You don't really need go in traffic if you're selling printing services. You do need go in traffic if you're selling printed inventory that needs to move. So if I'm planning to sell handbags and polos and hats etc where the customer picks their product and tells me what they want on it or if they want screenprinting and embroidery services I might be ok? I will be planning to change apparel jewelry that my wife makes and stained glass and pottery on consignment from some of my friends. Would that make any difference? So if I'm planning to sell handbags and polos and hats etc where the customer picks their product and tells me what they want on it or if they be screenprinting and embroidery services I might be ok? I will be planning to sell costume jewelry that my wife makes and stained furnish and pottery on consignment from some of my friends. Would that alter any difference? Yeah you're mixing two different business needs into one spot Your wife needs a retail write storefront with high traffic and visibility you need a low be storefront that doesn't be visibility. You could express your wife to setup an online hold on then she could just warehouse the jewelry in your shop and ship it out from there. But your storefront business needs are clashing at the moment. Hi Tim,It sounds desire you have an opportunity to take a come about.

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