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| erock |
 Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:58 am |
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Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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Location: Chicago, IL
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Can some one give me advise on opening a new shop? Hopefully, I will be opening a new skate shop this spring in a west suburb of Chicago.
Any tips, advise, suggestions, etc. will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric |
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| SkateRags |
| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:12 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 01 May 2003
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Location: San Antonio TX
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| no tips but can you give me a tip about a good park your way. Is there any crete in the western burbs besides Hoffman. That park in St Charles doesnt look half bad for a modular park |
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| erock |
| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:06 am |
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Location: Chicago, IL
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I have not skated that particular park, but I've skated a few of those True Ride parks in the north-west. They are really nice for MODULAR parks.
I don't know of any crete parks in the west, but I've been working on a list of all the parks in the Chicago area, but this list is still REALLY rough...
http://www.cannedoxygen.com/sk8/
... I have not skated most of these, so the opinions are usually something someone else said. All of the directions are from either Uptown (where I live) or Evanston (where I work). If you have a car, I recommend just heading to Wilson.
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| dangersticks |
| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:43 pm |
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Location: Bombora's, California
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| What kind of skate shop are you opening? |
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| SkateRags |
| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:45 pm |
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| erock |
| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:39 pm |
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dangersticks: I'm starting pretty small. 500-1000 sq. feet storefront focusing on Skateboarding but a little of the "related merch", clothing, shoes, etc. I would like to grow it into a all things Skate and Punk related for kids in the northwest Chicago burbs.
SkateRags: I started that list, cuz I could never keep track of all the parks people were telling me about, and I had no idea which towns were close to Chi and which were down state. So, the list started as a way for me to keep my head straight. I never intended on sharing it with anyone, but I couldn't find another online list with everything in the area. |
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| Drouger |
| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:45 pm |
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Location: San Diego
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erock that sounds perty cool. I've been to Chicago before but didnt hit any parks. I think your on to a good idea show the kids in Chicago was up!
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Drouger, http://www.pulverised.com
[ This Message was edited by: Drouger on 2004-02-28 12:45 ] |
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| Nick |
| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 3:27 pm |
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| Support the small companies as well as the big companies. |
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| SkateRags |
| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 6:33 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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Location: San Antonio TX
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Yea Im down with what nick said.
http://www.geocities.com/skateneil/links for some local companies
@Drouger that pulverised pirate shirts rocks. Is that your site?
[ This Message was edited by: SkateRags on 2004-02-28 18:36 ] |
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| boarderline |
| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:35 pm |
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| small companies will save your ass! don't get inventory heavy. you don't need 100 decks on the wall unless you can turn them over within a couple of months. Punk stuff is cool. if you get into CDs like we did. beware the low markup. i'd recommend developing a relationship with local bands and help consign their stuff. learn about all your products. i have a lot of experience running a retail shop by myself. pm me if you have any questions. |
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