ahead and to go "excited about life" ?
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:13 am
There is a general feeling of discouragement, there is a lot of competition. Black Friday, e-commerce, discounts from the big chains... that destroys them. But discouragement does not allow us to devote that energy to react. We have to be aware that the Internet is here to stay and we have to adapt. But I will tell you that I am seeing more and more streets that are becoming open shopping centres and this is very positive. Where I live, as many streets are being pedestrianised, the shops are joining together and forming a small shopping centre at street level.
Retailers have to join forces and realise that they have human relations as a competitive advantage. When you buy online you press a button and the human relationship is lost. On the other hand, my fruit seller, for example, knows the fruit I like, if one day I get home late, she saves it for me, she even brings it to my house. This is fantastic cayman islands phone data and we are not valuing it. We have to think of a service so that the customer consumes and feels comfortable in the shops. I am not an expert in this, but what I see is that there are shops, such as a wine shop near my house, that have been encouraged to do wine tastings, and have even set up a reading club. In short, you have to be creative to get ahead.
"We have been led to believe that being an entrepreneur is having your own company"
- From your words I deduce that you believe in this "professional retraining".
- Of course. I used to work in consulting and in this sector you have to be constantly thinking: what can I do better? How can I attract clients? Instead of complaining, you have to have a proactive attitude. Of course, if I have my business on a street that is not suitable, a high price, a product that is sold by more shops, I have to reinvent myself. But I'll tell you one thing, we don't train, we don't prepare and that's where it all begins. We have been made to believe that we can all do everything, but we don't prepare for it. We have been made to believe that being an entrepreneur is being our own boss. It is not true that we can always achieve everything, there are limitations and we must know them.
Retailers have to join forces and realise that they have human relations as a competitive advantage. When you buy online you press a button and the human relationship is lost. On the other hand, my fruit seller, for example, knows the fruit I like, if one day I get home late, she saves it for me, she even brings it to my house. This is fantastic cayman islands phone data and we are not valuing it. We have to think of a service so that the customer consumes and feels comfortable in the shops. I am not an expert in this, but what I see is that there are shops, such as a wine shop near my house, that have been encouraged to do wine tastings, and have even set up a reading club. In short, you have to be creative to get ahead.
"We have been led to believe that being an entrepreneur is having your own company"
- From your words I deduce that you believe in this "professional retraining".
- Of course. I used to work in consulting and in this sector you have to be constantly thinking: what can I do better? How can I attract clients? Instead of complaining, you have to have a proactive attitude. Of course, if I have my business on a street that is not suitable, a high price, a product that is sold by more shops, I have to reinvent myself. But I'll tell you one thing, we don't train, we don't prepare and that's where it all begins. We have been made to believe that we can all do everything, but we don't prepare for it. We have been made to believe that being an entrepreneur is being our own boss. It is not true that we can always achieve everything, there are limitations and we must know them.