Make sure there is room for customers to move freely around the shop. The gangway should be at least the width of a child’s buggy. Customers will be put off coming in if the shop looks too crowded.This is less obvious on weekdays when it is quiet but most important on Saturdays when people have come out deliberately to spend their money.
You will probably lay the shop out several times over the first few months before you find one that suits best and will then start selling something large that requires a complete change about – but that’s retailing.
