How to Write a Retail Store Business Plan in Ten Steps: Business Plan Sample and Template Included

As a professional business consultant and business plan writer, I am often asked by entrepreneurs, "What is the first step to starting a retail store business?"When I first started out as a business consultant, I would explain to my client their place in the entrepreneurial process. I then support this analysis with proven academic and practicing business theory, along with recommending specific steps to start or expand their retail store operations.After going through this process time and time again with retail store entrepreneurs, it dawned on me that the first step I ALWAYS recommend is writing a business plan.Unfortunately, most retail store entrepreneurs do not know how to write a professionally polished and structured business plan. Hell, most owners don't know how to write any type of business plan at all. Because of this systemic issue, I decided to write this book focused on a ten-step process for writing a well-structured business plan. The retail store business plan writing steps include all aspects of the business plan writing process, beginning with developing an executive summary to constructing a polished funding request. In each step, I introduce you to a different business plan section. Next, I explain, in layman's terms, what the section means, offer a retail store-specific business plan sample, and analyze the example to help you understand it. The objective of this detailed process is to ensure a full understanding of each segment, with the goal of you being able to write a professional retail store business plan for yourself, by yourself! IF you still need help writing your business plan, at the end of the book, I ALSO supply you with a professionally written sample retail store business plan AND a retail store business plan template for you to use. To put a proverbial cherry on top, I have conducted and included preliminary retail store market research for you to use in your personalized plans!In the end, I am supremely confident that this book, with its numerous tools and tips, will help you develop a retail store business plan to fit your individual needs.