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I appreciate that the LNS owner has a family and she'd like to be home with
them in the evening, but she needs to realize that businesses operate for the convenience of the customers, not for the convenience of the owners. If we can't get there during her open hours, it's easier for us to find someplace that will serve us when we can shop, than to change our schedules to accommodate her. I've been mail-ordering for decades because by the time I get home from work, cook, clean up after dinner, and have time to shop, that's the only option that's available to me. Pre-dated substantially even the first beginnings of the internet. I would love to see an LNS open from noon to 8 or 9 as their weekday hours. This will give the people working 9-5 and those working second shift opportunities to shop daily. The owners need to weigh the amount of business they get from 9 or 10 am (whenever they open) to noon or 1 compared to the after 5 group. They may find the hours are hurting their own business by being closed during prime shopping time. |
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If you can only afford to be open 7 hours a day, don't waste all of them on the
hours your employed customers are at work. Open at noon and close at 7 PM. Between 10 AM and noon, I'm practically the only person in the store. After the noon to 1:30 office worker lunch rush, I'm again practically the only person in the store till the first of the government workers start getting out at 4. Then the place is packed till they lock the doors at 5 ... preventing those who work till 5 (i.e., the 2/3 who *don't* work for the government) from buying anything there after work. [snip] If I can get the floss I need at WalMart today AND save a quarter on it, I'm going to WalMart rather than waiting till Saturday to pay *twice* as much at LNS. I need it now, not four days from now. I've known too many family businesses (and been part of some of them) where it was understood that the business had to accommodate its customers' schedule. My extended family ran several bakeries ... people want to pick up pastries for breakfast at 6 AM, not when it was convenient for the owner to get to the store at 11 AM. [snip] If 80% of your clientele wants you to keep your store open till 6 or 6:30 so they can shop after work, you can just learn to eat dinner at 7:30. Or you can guarantee yourself that that 80% of your clientele is going to start going to the store that's open when they want to shop. It doesn't necessarily have to be WalMart, it could be the small store the next town over whose owner is willing to put his customers' needs ahead of his own. Excellent points. I am more likely to shop at Michael's for two reasons. One is the selection is better than Wal-Mart. Two, the hours are much better. Even with Hobby Lobby open until 8pm, it's still difficult for me to make it to the store. To be convenient for me, an LNS almost has to be open on Sunday, since I work long days, Saturday is cleaning day, leaving Sunday for church and stitching. I worked at a bakery where the owner started the first batche at 4am. By 6:30 (store officially opened at 7), he already had customers. They were never turned away, instead he opened the doors early. He knew to survive, opening at even 8:00 was too late, as most people were on their way to work. |
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Karen C - California wrote:
If you have four little old ladies who come in every morning to sit and yak for hours, and average purchasing one skein each per week, that's $2. Hey! Watch who you're talking about!! huge grin On the other side of the coin: let's not forget those of us who are up and raring to go early in the morning. I hate it that our library is never open early. Surely - just as some of you are complaining about wanting late hours - we can also accomodate those who want early ones. Not EVERY person in the U.S. works from 8-6. I'd like to be able to get in by 9 am. When I had a full load of students to teach, my hours were 2:30 to 9pm. Also, some little old ladies have money to spend. I know you're being "general". Just couldn't resist. g Dianne |
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Yes, the owners will argue that it's not worth being open late on the
off-chance someone will come in. I could say that about being open 9-5, too. There were many times I worked in an office and the phone didn't ring for several hours. Yes, and it needs to be consistent, too. There are several stores that will stay open an hour or two longer one night a week- but when I need something right then, do you think I can remember if they stay open until 7:00 on Tuesday or Thursday- heck no! The hours need to be pretty much the same- maybe adding a few more hours on Saturdays. Another thing is all of the needlework (this includes embroidery, quilt, or yarn stores) that only have classes during the day on weekdays- don't they want anyone to come?!!!! I drive over an hour to a store that offers classes in the evening and on the weekends, because the store that is only 5 minutes from me has them only on week days. And, while I'm there for classes, I buy all the things I see that I "just can't live without." The local store probably has the same items, but I buy 'em where I see 'em! SueS |
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On 1/2/04 5:39 PM,"Dianne Lewandowski" posted:
Ellice wrote: I don't think the Needlework Industry on the whole is declining that much - it is the LNS that are hurting. The proliferation of web-shopping has done that. Many shops are surviving by doing e-business, or something else My dream is for shops to be more like the one in Monica Ferris' Betsy Devonshire mystery books. I wonder if someone could pull this off - a cooperative set of shops set in a "court yard" plaza/mall. A yarn shop, a needlework shop (with broad range of areas), a quilters shop, a finisher/framer, a tea/coffee shop, maybe even a bookshop all opening in to a courtyard area (not necessarily open to the air) with comfortable seating. And don't forget a nice bathroom; Now - the most important part - a willingness to say "go ask X in shop Y It wouldn't be it a great place to shop. Just imagine..... Cheryl I would love to have something like this! The only needlework shop near my house - which had a staff that really wasn't helpful nor into stitching; its focus was on knitting - closed in November. And when they were open I was forced to order patterns, fibers and materials from brick and morter shops that had websites, shops like Elegant Stitch and Thistle Needleworks. Thistle Needleworks is now the closest shop to me at ~1 hour away. If I decide on the spur of the moment that I want something, I'm not going to hop in the car and drive 60 minutes to get several skeins of a specialty fiber. Judy at Thistle Needlworks and Lois at Elegant Stitch are wonderful if I e-mail them that I need something. But I would love to have something closer where I could fondle and ooh and aah to my hear's content!! Lisa |
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In article , Dianne Lewandowski
writes: I know you're being "general". Just couldn't resist. g Razzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I know you're being picky. I just couldn't resist, either! VBG -- Finished 12/14/03 -- Mermaid (Dimensions) WIP: Angel of Autumn, Calif Sampler, Holiday Snowglobe, Guide the Hands (2d one) Paralegal - Writer - Editor - Researcher http://hometown.aol.com/kmc528/KMC.html |
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Another thing is all of the needlework (this includes embroidery, quilt, or
yarn stores) that only have classes during the day on weekdays- don't they want anyone to come?!!!! We all have different needs. Back when I had young children at home, I liked shops, classes and the public library to be open at night, so daddy could babysit while I went out "all by myself, like a big girl". Now they are grown and gone, I prefer to keep my evenings and weekends for him, but, alas, most classes and clubs around here meet in the evening. Except, that is, for the local Needlework Guild, which meets every Monday morning. I don't get there nearly as often as I would like, because there are many Monday mornings when I look around me at the post-weekend mess and think "No way can I go out and leave this squalor." However, that will all change very soon, as he is going to retire in four weeks time, so I will have no compunction about arranging my schedule to suit myself, after all these years of working around everyone else. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. |
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classes and clubs around here meet in the evening. Our local guild has both morning and evening meetings as well as an evening sitch in at a local restaurant. I really enjoyed the flexibility when I was a member and as soon as I can afford it again I will rejoin. kathy san antonio |
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