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Candidates for Mayor, Ramiccio and Maxwell, keep saying that businesses are not coming to Lake Worth and if elected, they will do something about it. Granted, there are some businesses that are struggling but merchants need to look to their landlords for more favorable rental rates. They need to look at their price of goods and be competitive.
Truth is, there have been 19 new businesses this month and 55 new businesses since March 2011. Someone please tell Tom and Lisa.
Lake Worth Business Development
Southern Law Center
2000 N. Dixie Hwy. #14
Finex International
1106 N. G Street #C
Ramon's Cabinets
941 Barnett Dr. #I-41 (pending approval)
Problem Solver Investors
419 S. Dixie Hwy. Rear
The Thinker Beauty Supply
400 S. Dixie Hwy. #5
Marianao Fashion Store
2105 N. Dixie Hwy.
Media Blitz Internet Promotion
1110 N. G St. #A
Capzer Pharmaceuticals
3677 23rd Ave. S. #A108
Palm Auto Color Inc.
526 N. G St. #B
A1 Integrity Components
905 N. Federal Hwy.
G&G Interservices Corp.
1922 7th Ave. N.
NYPD Pizza
127 N. Federal Hwy.
Rough Luck Shop, LLC.
1013 Lucerne Avenue
Total Injury Chiropractic
1622 S. Dixie Hwy.
Bellas Restaurant Cafe
726 Lake Avenue
Orrego's Multiservice
524 N. G St.
Perfect Dental
220 S. Dixie Hwy. #4
Universal Silt Fence, Inc. (pending)
425 Industrial St. #2
Creative Hair and Supply, Inc.
1600 South Dixie Hwy. #F
Can you also count the empty storefronts? RumShack just closed...I hear most businesses saying they're barely hanging on....
ReplyDeleteSo you're actually saying that businesses who aren't thriving need to do a better job..?
ReplyDeleteNegotiate with their landlords better and have a better comprehension of the goods they sell?
It's the businesses fault that one after another, fails, fails, fails?
Lake Worth is a waterfront town with tons of potential.
ReplyDeleteSo, I am actually saying, stop blaming everyone else on your failure. Stop blaming the City of LW. Stop blaming the cost of electric. Look at the economy. Sell a better product. Adjust to the times. Look for the real problems.
ReplyDeleteHow many businesses have you owned, operated, or managed? None. That what I thought. yet because you have a magical history changing blog you have the ability to tell business owners how to run a business?
ReplyDeleteTake a good long hard look at the city immediately around the downtown area.
What's preventing any busineses from moving to Lake Worth is the blight and the demographics.
Just for good measure you listed a couple that are pending and a couple that moved from the beach.
How many jobs will these 1 or 2 man operations be providing? Tax dollars, like businesses looking to follow them?
Please Lynn.
No, I haven't owned a business but I have worked for plenty of publicly owned companies. Good Revenue per sale. This is often missed by many. It is difficult to succeed if you are selling a one-dollar product. If you are selling a $1 product to make a million dollars means you must sell one million of your product. That's a lot of sales. If you are selling a $1,000 product then to make a million dollars you only need a thousand sales. Guess which level of sales is an easier to process and fulfill for a smaller company? Price your stuff right and sell something that someone wants to buy.
ReplyDeleteThis blog was not about jobs. It is about businesses moving here. Once the Park of Commerce is developed, it will create jobs. Our downtown stores, other than the restaurants, are basically Mom & Pop stores that are not creating jobs. We are, however, filling up the storefronts. As some businesses prove to be unsuccessful, others will move in. It is still a problem of high rents here.
If you are going to make a point, please do so a little more respectfully or go over to Wes'.
There are many fewer empty storefronts now than in the first decade of the 21st century, years when Lisa Maxwell was on the P and Z and Tom Ramiccio was CEO of the C of C.
ReplyDeleteTheir supporters have no real platform or issues, only holding up a a half empty glass and trying to encourage voter anger against incumbents, former office holders and a candidate who is a threat because she is not for sale.
"It is difficult to succeed if you are selling a one-dollar product. If you are selling a $1 product to make a million dollars means you must sell one million of your product."
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that just be breaking even, Lynn ?
No. That product might have cost you 5 cents to buy. You would "make" a million dollars minus your cost. Price it right is all I am saying. Have a good quality of merchandise and don't take advantage. Have good food. The reason why John G's was so successful for years is that his quality was excellent, buying from Publix, and the cost was fair. I know--now I will here from all of you about the low rent he paid. :) Regardless, we are still getting new businesses into our city every month. that's a fact. I don't presume to know more about retailing than any of our merchants other than the obvious. When I buy something downtown for $100 and find the exact same thing for $50 out of town at the Mall, then I have a problem. Supporting local business is something that we all want to do. If the convenience of it costs me that much more, then we all have to weigh the worth of having that convenience to shop locally.
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