#17 What 20+ Years in a Successful Boutique Teaches you About Retail + Basketball, with Sara Burks, The Boutique Hub
Boutique Chat
Ashley Alderson
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
MaCandis Boutique was open for more than 67 years, where Sara Burks, Director of Partnerships & Education at The Boutique Hub, started working in high school. Skip forward a few years, with a Masters in Business Administration Sara Burks purchased and operated the store for 20+ years.
From managing your team, inventory and reporting key metrics, and mastering customer service, Sara is sharing with us her secrets to success. Plus, what retail and basketball have in common...and it's pretty smart!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode number 17. |
| 0:02.0 | Today we're joined by Sarah Berks, our director of partnerships and education here at the Boutique Hub. |
| 0:07.0 | And I can't wait for you to hear this episode because with Sarah, we're going to be talking about her over 20 years in retail owning a business that was actually in existence for more than 67 years. |
| 0:18.0 | We're going to talk about the ups and the downs |
| 0:21.0 | of being in retail, |
| 0:22.1 | plus the turning point that changed her business forever. |
| 0:25.3 | And then at the end, you're not gonna wanna miss this |
| 0:28.1 | because it's a big reveal that we've been working on for months. |
| 0:31.9 | So stick around, you are gonna love this episode. |
| 0:43.5 | Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works, from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main Street and the entire ecosystem behind it. |
| 0:49.2 | How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness that we all seek? |
| 0:54.0 | Let's hear from those insiders, experts, and strategists that actually make it happen. |
| 0:57.9 | I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat. |
| 1:09.8 | Hey guys, welcome back to this week's episode of Boutique Chat. |
| 1:12.9 | You are in for a real special treat this week because we've brought one of our own to the |
| 1:17.7 | show and I can't wait for you to meet her. |
| 1:20.9 | She's a dear friend of mine. |
| 1:22.3 | She is an absolute expert in this industry with so much knowledge and value to share and |
| 1:27.2 | I can't wait for you to |
| 1:28.3 | hear more of her backstory. So Sarah Berks, welcome to the show. Thanks. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:34.1 | It's pretty rare that the two of us get to sit around and chat like this. It is very rare, yes. |
| 1:38.7 | Yeah. So if you have not had the opportunity to meet Sarah yet, she's our director of education and |
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