April 2010
Starting over.
I left the partnership with the Flooring United crooks with nothing more than a greater understanding of what not to do, and some sales experience.
I started looking for a new location and found one on the main highway leading into and out of Charlotte for many people who travel daily for work from the Denver and Lincoln County area. Thinking that's what was missing from the other place which was nestled between a Bi-Lo and a dry cleaners in a strip mall, I was always told Bi-Lo spent the money to get people to the store and every customer that came to shop at their store would see the Flooring store and know it was there, but I had so many people stop in and say they had been shopping at the Bi-Lo for years and ever knew the store was there.
There was a few things standing in the way thought, first off was it was in a business park and was not a finished unit, nothing more than block walls. The owner said if I was willing to invest in up fitting the unit I could lease it or even buy it. He said why do that when I could move right into a unit around the corner that was up fitted for office and warehouse and ready to go. I explain I needed to be seen from the road in order to get drivers to see the store there and that would relate to walk in traffic, and I would set it up to be more of a showroom than an office and warehouse.
After a few weeks of calls and meetings, the owner agreed to up fit the unit if I did all the flooring and painting.
The wheels were finally in motion. Now I needed start up cash and some displays, I had neither. I started calling manufacturer reps and ask if they could help me out with some displays and flooring for the new location.
I started making plans for a great store to build the business and help the area with a local flooring store to serve and help with their flooring or remodeling projects.
But there was still a long road to go.
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