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Retail case studies to help you with your own retail business
Start a retail business
An overview of starting a retail business in Northern Ireland, looking at the challenges, the support available and the possible rewards
Types of retail business
The various types of retail business, including convenience store, speciality store, supermarket, discount store, department store, warehouse, direct retailer and online store
Retail start-up support
How to find the right financial and advisory support to start your retail business in Northern Ireland
Ten top tips for starting a retail business
Ten top tips to starting a retail business successfully and staying afloat in the early days of trading
Where to set up your retail business
Find the right place to set up your retail business in Northern Ireland by weighing the important options
Rules for selling fireworks legally
Once you are registered as a firework retailer in Northern Ireland, there are rules you must follow including age restrictions and packaging.
Fireworks categories and your business
Fireworks categories F1, F2, F3 and F4, what they mean and your responsibilities as a fireworks retailer for safe storage and sale of fireworks in each category.
Storing fireworks safely at your premises
How to store fireworks safely at your business premises and your responsibilities as a retailer under manufacture and storage of explosives legislation.
How to improve your suppliers' environmental performance
Make sure that all your suppliers are managing and improving their environmental performance
Benefits of measuring your business' environmental performance
The advantages for your business of measuring environmental performance, including cost savings and higher sales
Analyse and present your environmental data
How to make sense of your environmental data and effectively present the findings using graphs and action plans
Choose which environmental indicators to use
How to choose the key environmental performance indicators that will be most useful to your business
Use environmental indicators to improve your performance
How using key environmental performance indicators can improve your business' strategic planning and performance
How to gather environmental performance data
An overview of methods of gathering data about the environmental performance of your business, such as process mapping
Environmental review staff interviews
How to talk to key people in order to understand the environmental performance of your business
Setting environmental targets
Setting targets so that you can measure your business' improvements from the environmental baseline
Acting on your environmental review
An action plan provides the method through which environmental improvements are achieved
Being a supplier with good environmental credentials
Maintain a competitive edge by meeting the environmental standards that are increasingly set by major customers
Benefits of a supply chain that reduces environmental impacts
Reducing the environmental impact of your supply chain can cut costs, reduce waste and improve efficiency