{"id":907957,"date":"2013-06-08T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T15:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/08\/several-factors-worth-considering-when-choosing-new-retail-location\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T08:17:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T15:17:35","slug":"several-factors-worth-considering-when-choosing-new-retail-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/08\/several-factors-worth-considering-when-choosing-new-retail-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Several factors worth considering when choosing new retail location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it&#039;s an established retailer or a merchant who has decided to launch a business, choosing the right store location is a vital tasks that all businesses face. Scoping out a region, determining how big a storefront should be and picking which products to offer are all aspects that companies have to consider when opening a new location.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneur Magazine offers some suggestions for retailers that are choosing to launch a new storefront. Knowing what local laws and regulations they must adhere to is essential for merchants. While some businesses may have brick-and-mortar locations in other&nbsp;regions, rules and legislation differ, so understanding which ones must be followed is vital. The source recommends that taking the time to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/226896\" target=\"_blank\">analyze target audiences<\/a> and determine a location that caters to these potential customers is important when choosing a new store. In addition, implementing options such as elevators and ramps for wheelchair-bound patrons or parents with baby strollers are elements that need to be thought about, the source writes.<\/p>\n<p>Once a new storefront has been chosen, merchants can measure how well their brick-and-mortar locations are performing with solutions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">retail management software<\/a>. These platforms give businesses the ability to gain further insight into their operations so that necessary changes and improvements can be made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it&#8217;s an established retailer or a merchant who has decided to launch a business, choosing the right store location is a vital tasks that all businesses face. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/08\/several-factors-worth-considering-when-choosing-new-retail-location\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":907958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialty-retail-management-and-operations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}