Grosse Pointe businesses swap shops and find success
Place matteres, whether it's a clothing store of downtown neighborhood or an entire community. Here's a lesson every level can learn from: be flexible and find the right fit. A pair of neighboring businesses in Grosse Pointe discovered that their retail spaces were the wrong size, so they traded addresses. The result has been better business for both. Excerpt: "The Grosse Pointe neighbors are just one example of a number of Metro Detroit businesses that needed to upsize or downsize in 2013. From downtown Detroit to Ferndale, shop owners are realizing how important space, or lack thereof, is to their success and failure, analysts say." Read the rest here.
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