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hello everyone i am moving to rojales in oct 09 and am setting up shop in rojales i have ran my own shop in brighton for the last three so i know about the retail business. i have luckily already obtained a commercial premises available in december 09.i have not decided what i am selling yet as more research is needed. my main question is are there any licences or costs attached to store owners in spanish law that might be different than here in the uk. can i just buy my stock and start selling (will not be selling any food drink etc more along the lines of a toy shop.) cheers
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Not wishing to be a kill joy but I really hope you will have something very different to offer if you are hoping to be successful.I don't know Rojales really but I have seen many businesses fail over the last year or so. So many people seem to come here thinking they will be successful but seem to work all hours and then eventually close.So many people here are living on limited pensions and especially at the moment don't appear to have money so much nowadays for luxuries. I wish you luck.Originalmente publicado por costa b Ver Mensaje -
You certainly need to find out more. You cannot just start up shop for a start, I'm not sure what licences you do need but I know you will need a licence of some kind. Do you know the price of the rent on the premises or have you bought it? A supermarket that opened close to my house, only a tiddley little shop and they were paying 1200 euros a month rent plus all the other expenses, they didn't last 5 minutes. It's happening all over. People come over thinking it's going to be a doddle to work for themselves but I think they find it a different story. Another thing to think about is could you compete with Carrefour and the other large toy shops of which we have at least 3 within a 5 mile radius. To make a success of it you have got to sell something that's different and wanted.Originalmente publicado por costa b Ver Mensaje
We have a lot of big people here and they find it difficult to buy clothes in very large sizes, can't think of any other shortage but maybe some of the others will come up with ideas to help you. Good luck.Comentario
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966 715 001
thats the phone number for teh Rojales townhall. they should be able to tell you exactly what you need.Comentario
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Be very aware that trade is down on average 40% against last year and not likely to get any better, especially if the British Pound continues its freefall against the Euro and subsequently affects the pensions drawn against Sterling by ex-pats. Quite simply, no-one has much spare cash at the moment, especially for relative luxuries.
One point I will agree with is the subject of clothing for the (ahem) larger-framed person. I once wrote to Cotton Traders about the possibility of franchising their products in Spain, especially on the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol. Spanish sizing is so different to UK sizing; a 3XL t-shirt is more likely to fit someone more used to an XL in the UK. These shops that advertise big clothes rarely stock anything above a UK size XXL, inconvenient for those of slightly wider waistline. Anyway, Cotton Traders responded that they didn't see that there would be much of a market for their products in Europe, despite the fact that they admitted that they have many requests for delivery to Spain (they only deliver to the UK). If some enterprising person could find a way of importing larger sized clothes to Spain, I know that some of my valuable cash would be heading their way!
Or I could go on a diet ...Comentario
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lol-. All the sweet shops (chucherias) I see are are doing ok. So perhaps in a few years time the spansih sizes will be more to eu standardsOriginalmente publicado por ScottB Ver Mensaje
I have yet to witness a MacDonalds to close downComentario
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