Here are some businesses that you might consider. They can't be worse than those goofy phone booths that thrived for a while, or frozen yogourt concessions. Sexy serveuse bars, the other great past trend was largely wiped out when workers realized they weren't that desperate for work and booze bureaucrats reclassified nude workers as performers, which never made much sense to me.
1-Billboards! Three companies control the billboard trade in these parts. CBS and err. two others. I am not saying that they've colluded to squeeze the little guy, but take for example, this double billboard on top of Upper Lachine near St. James. The owner of the building has a contract with generous annual increases of around $11,000 a year. The contract runs out soon and the company has offered to renew it for about $4,000 or $5,000 per annum, a big slash in the usual deal. The other two companies have offered nothing, saying that demand has decreased. Some independent billboard guy could get on the blower and sell those ads for $700 or so per month each, no doubt. All that would really be required is a salesman and a guy who knows how to put the actual paper on the surface. Who's in?
2-Soya milk! I've noticed in court documents that the company that brings in soy milk is doing great bundles of cash. Nutrisoya, (essentially Allen Feldman who launched it in 1993) earned $3.5 million in profits on sales of 17 million units in 2007.
3-Hunting Lodges! My little birdy tells me that these pourvoiries as they're called are being sold for peanuts. One was recently almost given away when a guy's inherited one after his dad drowned at his lodge. Sure hunting isn't fashionable right now but it could easily be repositioned by a clever marketer to increase a bit of market share. Bow and arrow hunting could be a popular option as the restrictions are a lot less harsh on those who use these rather than rifles.
1-Billboards! Three companies control the billboard trade in these parts. CBS and err. two others. I am not saying that they've colluded to squeeze the little guy, but take for example, this double billboard on top of Upper Lachine near St. James. The owner of the building has a contract with generous annual increases of around $11,000 a year. The contract runs out soon and the company has offered to renew it for about $4,000 or $5,000 per annum, a big slash in the usual deal. The other two companies have offered nothing, saying that demand has decreased. Some independent billboard guy could get on the blower and sell those ads for $700 or so per month each, no doubt. All that would really be required is a salesman and a guy who knows how to put the actual paper on the surface. Who's in?
2-Soya milk! I've noticed in court documents that the company that brings in soy milk is doing great bundles of cash. Nutrisoya, (essentially Allen Feldman who launched it in 1993) earned $3.5 million in profits on sales of 17 million units in 2007.
3-Hunting Lodges! My little birdy tells me that these pourvoiries as they're called are being sold for peanuts. One was recently almost given away when a guy's inherited one after his dad drowned at his lodge. Sure hunting isn't fashionable right now but it could easily be repositioned by a clever marketer to increase a bit of market share. Bow and arrow hunting could be a popular option as the restrictions are a lot less harsh on those who use these rather than rifles.
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ReplyDeleteReposition as paintball lodges for corporate team-building sessions.
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