How to open your flower business

The flower business is fraught with a number of difficulties, in particular, with high competition in this area and the specific properties of the product. Every day, new flower stalls appear on the streets of cities. However, with a serious mood, you should think about creating a flower salon.

Instruction manual

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To open a flower business, it is enough to register as an individual entrepreneur. Next, you have to choose a place to place the cabin. It can be a pavilion on a busy street, a department in a supermarket or a shopping center. It should be convenient for the buyer to "run" inside you for a bouquet on the way to work, a business meeting or home.

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You will need a room with a minimum area of ​​50 sq.m. under a trading floor and utility rooms. Take care of installing a high-quality temperature control system both in the trading floor and in the warehouse. Allocate a separate place for the work of the florist. Equip the main room with shelves, illuminated cabinets, refrigeration units, work desks and a counter.

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Define the assortment and nature of the product. You can focus on selling exclusively fresh flowers for bouquets. However, if the area allows, it is justifiable to include indoor plants, fertilizers and soils for them, pots and other decorative means, as well as special gift wrapping in the assortment. It should be remembered that fresh flowers are perishable goods. Therefore, at the initial stage of business development, you should limit yourself to an assortment of the most popular and persistent species, for example, roses, carnations and chrysanthemums.

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Set up the purchasing process. It is necessary to take into account not only the necessary volumes, but also well versed in the quality of products offered by suppliers. You can shop with wholesale resellers or directly establish contacts with manufacturers - local greenhouse farms or importers. Procurement is usually carried out either by the business owner himself or by an employee specially hired for this task. Also, among the staff you will need a florist (one or several), a florist (plant care), a consultant, a salon manager and an accountant.

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