Industry Interview: Strength Through Adversity - One Retailers Post Recession Success
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Learn how to roll up your sleeves and dig into your shop\\u2019s data to become more profitable in this episode of Bicycle Retailer Radio. Joseph Du Bois opened his first Trek store in 2006, survived the 2008 recession, and now owns nine Florida Trek locations that have put customers on 50,000 bikes. Using a values-oriented philosophy and sales-driven mindset, Du Bois has mastered the art and science of running profitable, economically resilient bike shops.\\xa0
In this podcast, he shares how he makes data-driven decisions to optimize inventory turn and how his shops offer services to offset low product margins. You\\u2019ll also learn what happened when Du Bois downsized three shops into smaller locations, and the formula he
uses for managing and calculating his payroll budget. No bike shop owner can afford to miss this episode.\\xa0