The Retailers Road Map to Success

33 Secrets for Driving Your Business to the next level Andy Buyting ISBN 978-0-978429-0-9 This is my type of book. I may be a bit biased though. I have known Andy for a number of years and was his consultant in developing his retail business, Green Village. As the title suggests this book has 33 valuable ideas to improve your retail business. They are all excellent ideas that will make you think and introduce new concepts into your business. The book splits the ideas into Management and Employee, Marketing, Pricing, Budgeting and Resources. Andy is very open with his ideas using realistic, practical examples. One question I’m often asked is how do you develop profit sharing with managers and supervisors? Here is what Green Village does: Tier One Bottom line 5 – 5.5% Bonus 3% of wages Tier Two Bottom line 5.5 – 6.5% Bonus 5% of wages Tier Three Bottom line 6.5 – 7.5% Bonus 8% of wages Tier Four Bottom line 7.5 – 8.5% Bonus 12% of wages Tier Five Bottom line 8.5%+ Bonus 17% of wages This book is full of ideas like this. It is a must for all retailers bookshelves.