Five Minute Friday: How to Be a Good Retail Neighbor

Boutique Chat

Ashley Alderson

Business, Marketing, Retail, Boutiquetips, Fashionindustry, Fashionbusiness, Entrepreneurship, Businessstrategy

5 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered how to be a good neighbor in the business world? In this episode, we'll explore what it takes to build positive relationships with neighboring retailers, product-based business owners, and wholesalers. You'll hear about the benefits of collaboration and how to handle difficult neighbors. Tune in to learn practical tips on fostering a supportive and cooperative business environment, regardless of how your neighbors respond.

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0:00.0	Business can be a lonely game, but it doesn't have to be.
0:09.0	Welcome to Boutique Chat, where we explore community over competition and how to scale your company with the balance and the happiness that we all seek.
0:16.0	We'll hear from product-based businesses of all types, retailers, e-commerce, and wholesale brands,
0:21.7	along with industry experts shaping the future of our industry.
0:25.2	I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.
0:33.7	Hey, guys, welcome back to Five Minute Friday, and I've got just a short and sweet message for you today on how to be a good neighbor.
0:42.1	This is such an important topic, and it gets brought up again and again inside of our membership community at the boutique hub from a few different perspectives.
0:50.0	I hear about great neighbors.
0:52.5	I hear about retailers and product-based business owners,
0:57.2	really wholesale business owners at market, both, that have such great relationships with their
1:02.5	neighbors. They rave about them. It's community over competition and they work together and,
1:07.1	you know, they found ways to really support each other. But on the flip, I also hear horror stories
1:12.2	of what it's like to have neighbors that are not collaborative and who you feel like you're in
1:17.3	competition with. And even neighbors who I know people have had to go out of their way to block
1:21.5	and just cut off communication because it's so much negative energy. And so today I just want to
1:26.7	kind of set the standard for
1:28.0	how you can be a good neighbor and then let the rest of your neighbors decide if they want to be
1:33.3	a good neighbor back, right? You can't control anyone else. You can't control their energy. You can't
1:38.5	control their fear. You can only can control you and put your best foot forward. And so when it comes to being a good neighbor, I think a couple of things really come to mind.
1:48.2	First, I think making sure you introduce yourself, whether you're new to the area or there is
1:53.2	someone new and you're an existing business, I think extending a welcome face and a welcome
1:58.4	message and bring some flowers or a treat or whatever it might be, but introduce
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