Guides for running a shop
Six guides on the parts of running a shop that are genuinely hard to get right: pricing when everybody bargains, credit that gets argued over, counting stock honestly, and knowing what you actually kept. Written for a shop in Accra, with real cedi figures. You do not need AxisTrade to use any of them.
Every figure in these guides is in cedis, and the worked examples follow one shop: Adjoa's Provisions, a provision store in Madina with a second branch at Kaneshie. The arithmetic adds up, so you can put your own week beside it and compare.
Running a shop without the exercise book
What the book does well, what it cannot do, and how to move over without losing the trust it had.
Pricing when customers haggle
Set a price you advertise and a floor you will not go below, and know what each cedi of haggling costs you.
Keeping the credit book straight
Give credit deliberately, record it at the counter, and keep a repayment record that ends the argument.
Counting stock without fooling yourself
Count blind, count often, and read the difference properly before you accuse anybody.
What your profit actually is
Sales, minus what the goods cost, minus money out. A full worked week that adds up.
Selling when the network is down
What to do the moment the signal goes, and what 'saved on this phone' means next to 'backed up'.
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