Struggling to Pay Your Bills? How to Find Hidden Cash in Your Business
Boutique Chat
Ashley Alderson
5 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Cash flow struggles? You’re definitely not alone. In today’s episode, Sara Burks, Director of Education, gets real about one of the biggest challenges small retailers face — not being able to pay the bills. Whether you’re sweating payroll or wondering where all your money is hiding, Sarah is breaking it down in a way that’s honest, practical, and totally doable.
You’ll learn:
The #1 place cash is hiding in your business (hint: someone might owe YOU!)
Why your pricing strategy could be costing you more than you think
How sneaky overhead expenses can silently drain your profit
Why inventory overload isn’t the badge of honor you think it is
Actionable steps to find quick cash without hammering your sales team to "sell more"
If you’re ready to stop feeling stressed about money and start making confident moves in your business, this episode is your pep talk and game plan rolled into one.
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| 0:00.0 | Business can be a lonely game, but it doesn't have to be. |
| 0:09.2 | Welcome to Boutique Chat, where we explore community over competition and how to scale your |
| 0:13.2 | company with the balance and the happiness that we all seek. |
| 0:16.7 | 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. |
| 0:32.5 | Thanks, today from the Boutique Hub to talk to you about one of the biggest issues we're seeing happening |
| 0:42.8 | in small retail and that is not being able to pay your bills let's just be very up front and |
| 0:48.9 | open and honest about this cash flow problems are extremely common in small businesses. |
| 0:57.0 | I say common because we all have faced it at one time or the other. |
| 1:01.0 | So if you're watching this video and you're like, |
| 1:03.0 | oh my gosh, she's talking to me, I've been there. |
| 1:06.0 | I as a retailer have been there during that cash flow crisis |
| 1:09.0 | where I'm not sure I'm going to make payroll at the end of the month. |
| 1:12.4 | And if I'm nothing with you, I'm very open and honest about retail and struggles that happen. |
| 1:18.3 | And today is absolutely no different than when I had my store. |
| 1:21.6 | But here are a few places that I always had success when it came to trying to figure out how to make payroll and find the cash |
| 1:30.1 | tied up in my business without just hammering at my sales associates to sell them. They have got to |
| 1:35.9 | sell more. Guys, there are three things I'd like you to look at today. One, who owes you money? Are |
| 1:43.3 | there vendors that owe you product? Are there customers that have |
| 1:46.8 | purchased things but not paid for them? This is not all that common anymore with layaways and |
| 1:52.9 | store charges, house accounts, but it does happen. And you very well might be one of the many |
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