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[GRGridGirl]

A little Muse told me:

Womens Retail Clothing Boutique

[twoshort]

Seems like you have to sell a lot of clothes to cover $2k/mo in rent.. Thought I know nothing of retail clothing sales, maybe that's nothing.

That RythmThymeKitchen thing looks awesome!

[Veloise]

twoshort, on Dec 10 2007, 12:25 PM, said:

Seems like you have to sell a lot of clothes to cover $2k/mo in rent.. Thought I know nothing of retail clothing sales, maybe that's nothing. ...

For ease in dividing, assume 20 sales days per month. That's only $100/day average. (Of course, there are additional costs, but selling a couple sweaters and a necklace every day would pretty well cover it.)

[twoshort]

Veloise, on Dec 10 2007, 12:53 PM, said:

For ease in dividing, assume 20 sales days per month. That's only $100/day average. (Of course, there are additional costs, but selling a couple sweaters and a necklace every day would pretty well cover it.)

You dismiss those 'additional costs' pretty quickly.  You also assume 100% profit.  They had to buy those sweaters somewhere.

[Veloise]

twoshort, on Dec 10 2007, 01:10 PM, said:

You dismiss those 'additional costs' pretty quickly.  You also assume 100% profit.  They had to buy those sweaters somewhere.

Perhaps you are in the wrong line of work?  "Thought I know nothing of retail clothing sales,..."

[15 years of retail sales in the not-distant past]

[mgreven]

GRGridGirl, on Dec 10 2007, 11:21 AM, said:

Bloom's old space at 962 Cherry SE has been leased.  

Making Thyme Kitchenwill open next month and will offer a retail component to their business soon after.

I'm telling you, vacant spaces don't last long in East Hills!

Was that the place that wanted to move into 1006 Cherry (the old "spider House") a few years ago?

[twoshort]

Veloise, on Dec 10 2007, 01:14 PM, said:

Perhaps you are in the wrong line of work?  "Thought I know nothing of retail clothing sales,..."

[15 years of retail sales in the not-distant past]

I'm not sure how to take that, but i'll drop it.

[radicaljoy]

mgreven, on Dec 10 2007, 01:17 PM, said:

Was that the place that wanted to move into 1006 Cherry (the old "spider House") a few years ago?

I was wondering the same thing.

[twoshort]

mgreven, on Dec 10 2007, 01:17 PM, said:

Was that the place that wanted to move into 1006 Cherry (the old "spider House") a few years ago?

I remember there being discussion on urbanplanet about something like that, it went before some sort of commission I remember and then we never heard anything...

[EDIT]: found it: http://www.urbanplan...;hl=1006 cherry  it was something called Lets Dish!

Edited by twoshort, 10 December 2007 - 12:24 PM.

[joeDowntown]

No picking fights Veloise, he has a point. It's not as simple as $100 x 20.

The rent is probably a small part of the operating costs though. The area seems pretty ripe, and I'm sure they've run the numbers more than we have.

Joe

Veloise, on Dec 10 2007, 01:14 PM, said:

Perhaps you are in the wrong line of work?  "Thought I know nothing of retail clothing sales,..."

[15 years of retail sales in the not-distant past]

[Veloise]

My point is: there are many intangibles involved in retail. (Maybe there are security costs. Maybe the new owner will have to hire additional help. Maybe the product is obtained from thrifts, in Katrina big lots, or from hand-crafters in Appalachia. Maybe there are extra utility bills, and maybe the owner will need day care in order to open for business.) No such detail was part of this story problem. We do not know the cost of the goods sold, the average sale, how many customers-per-day will keep the place afloat, or anything else.

At some point, one needs to exclude information that's not available (organic? 1" stems? Ida Red or Delicious?) and just look at the fact that they are apples.

"But then the ship crosses the International Date Line!"  -- George Carlin

[joeDowntown]

I stopped by the Cherry Street Deli on Saturday and Cherry St. was hopping. Complete madness. Is this typical, or was there a special event? It was great to see!

Triple G, I saw you hanging out front of one of the stores but didn't want to give an anonymous honk-by.

Joe

[Ted]

joeDowntown, on Feb 17 2008, 09:49 PM, said:

I stopped by the Cherry Street Deli on Saturday and Cherry St. was hopping. Complete madness. Is this typical, or was there a special event? It was great to see!

Triple G, I saw you hanging out front of one of the stores but didn't want to give an anonymous honk-by.

Joe

Typical.  Scott makes a good sammich and kickass bowl of soup.

[GRGridGirl]

joeDowntown, on Feb 17 2008, 09:49 PM, said:

I stopped by the Cherry Street Deli on Saturday and Cherry St. was hopping. Complete madness. Is this typical, or was there a special event? It was great to see!

Triple G, I saw you hanging out front of one of the stores but didn't want to give an anonymous honk-by.

Joe

Saturdays are one of the busiest days in the East Hills~Uptown area.  

Joe, I was waiting outside for a table at Cherie Inn, they had a 10-table wait.  Thanks for visiting East Hills!

[fotoman311]

Ted, on Feb 18 2008, 09:25 AM, said:

Typical. Scott makes a good sammich and kickass bowl of soup.

Yeah, that place is one of my favorite eateries in town.  When the weather gets nice again and we can sit outside with our dogs, we'll definitely be walking down there once or twice a month.

I LOVE the Heritage Hill (3 kinds of cheese) with turkey added.  So much so, that it's hard to force myself to try other sandwiches when I go there, because I always want to order that one.

Man, I get hungry just thinking about it.

And the Cherie Inn...also one of our favorites.

[jeang]

fotoman311, on Feb 18 2008, 01:13 PM, said:

Yeah, that place is one of my favorite eateries in town.  When the weather gets nice again and we can sit outside with our dogs, we'll definitely be walking down there once or twice a month.

I LOVE the Heritage Hill (3 kinds of cheese) with turkey added.  So much so, that it's hard to force myself to try other sandwiches when I go there, because I always want to order that one.

Man, I get hungry just thinking about it.

And the Cherie Inn...also one of our favorites.

I love all the shops in the East Hills area. I just went to a women's event hosted by the stores in the neighborhood. It was fabulous, go to any events they have. They're the best, especially if you're female, I got a free facial and free eyebrow wax.

As far as Cherry Deli goes...every time I've gone, the bread falls apart. I'm less than satisfied with the quality of bread and the density of it. I think they need to reconsider the bread they use for each sandwich. Sometimes a heartier sandwich is needed, a good sourdough. Anyway, I love the butternut squash bisque and it's the best.

The Wealthy Street Bakery is just a block, a five minute walk, from my house and I'd always rather drive to Cherry Deli for the bisque.

[joeDowntown]

Is "Wood Goods" still in business? I know the sign has been there for a long time, but I have never heard anything about this place. If it isn't, are there any plans for that building? It seems like an ideal location in a hot neighborhood.

Joe

[Ted]

jeang, on Feb 24 2008, 12:27 PM, said:

I love all the shops in the East Hills area. I just went to a women's event hosted by the stores in the neighborhood. It was fabulous, go to any events they have. They're the best, especially if you're female, I got a free facial and free eyebrow wax.

As far as Cherry Deli goes...every time I've gone, the bread falls apart. I'm less than satisfied with the quality of bread and the density of it. I think they need to reconsider the bread they use for each sandwich. Sometimes a heartier sandwich is needed, a good sourdough. Anyway, I love the butternut squash bisque and it's the best.

The Wealthy Street Bakery is just a block, a five minute walk, from my house and I'd always rather drive to Cherry Deli for the bisque.

Get their wheat or rye breads...they do a much better job holding up to the demands of Scott's sammiches.

[GRGridGirl]

Mlive had a nice article about Uptown in yesterday's Travel section.

[concretepoem]

GRGridGirl, on Mar 17 2008, 06:10 PM, said:

Mlive had a nice article about Uptown in yesterday's Travel section.

What, no mention of the convenient auto repair facilities? ....seriously, this is nice pub that hopefully went Booth-chain wide...only thing nicer would've been if the writer had linked what's happening on the commercial side with some sense of the neighborhood's residential appeal...walkable scale...tree-lined streets...affordable family homes...maybe it was in the initial draft but got cut for space.