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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 1905433" data-attributes="member: 1368">I think these simple things would help.. since I'm spending your n=moeny <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Board games - Not main stream ones unless they are perfect fantasy games like heroscape but get the less man stream games like settlers of cattan, runebound etc. Read reviews on line and such let others do your work for you by researching the product. Also think of mayber printing out reveiws and posting them near the game section its cheap and easy way to advertise and let people know what games they may be interested in. Also your employees can read them and gain knowledge on the games.accessories are a good idea - dice bags, minis, dice, battle maps. You don't have to keep a ton and the margin is good. A gaming area is nice to have. It doesn't have  to be huge but I thibk gamers like to see it available even if they might not use it. I know I do.Keep older stuff on the shelves but only one capy at most. The best thing to do is keep tight control on your ordering. Yeah if its new and the the next best thing you expect to sell order 6-7 copies but set your reorder at 1-2 at most then reduce to one after 3 months. Inventory control is a big key to small business.  Get a feel for what people are buying and what is sitting there not selling. Don't let anything be too automatic. Also Keep a note of what people ask for. If 5 people ask for X prodcut or company then keep taht in mind just have to weed out one person asking 6 times. Have a clip board people can ask for stuff even if its not out and so they can leave a contact number to call them when it comes in. Takes a little extra time but pays off in building that loyal customer base. It is also something another employee can do it doesn't have to be you.Have one resident expert in most major games. Knowledgable employees are useful and a must have but its nce to have that Warhammer 40K expert on call. Doesn't even have to be an employee. You can have Incentives for your customer base to help others. Run a 2-3 Demos of the sunless citadel and I'll give you the module or whatever it may take. Just afew ideaslater</blockquote>

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