Retailing is organic. In come customers (and their money) and out goes merchandise (and your profits). That's as it should be. However, sometimes a small retail business can grow in the wrong directions, causing problems and sapping profits. It can get lost in minutiae, the daily details that somehow pull your business in a new and unplanned direction. It can suffer from growing pains. This chapter offers proven methods for managing and controlling the growth of your new retail store.

