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moxxey: Richard: You have to ask yourself what it'd cost to start a new store and guess it'd be a similar number but you'd be starting from scratch and with no baton to pick up. I'm not sure it would be more expensive than £400K + stock. Besides, would anyone with any due diligence setup a new Bath store based on 'success' of the previous two (and third if you include the current, which is up for sale). Of course, there are owners who can make it work, but I guess it depends on the area, too. Bath is all about the position of the store. The previous store owner wanted to find a location outside of Bath at one point, on the outskirts, to save on rent and to be able to serve the store with the vans required for home installation. The current store is in a very odd position, in my opinion, as almost no-one walks past it, so footfall is low, even for the relevant target market (I live next to the Crescent, off Brock Street, but rarely walk past the store).
Richard: You have to ask yourself what it'd cost to start a new store and guess it'd be a similar number but you'd be starting from scratch and with no baton to pick up.
You have to ask yourself what it'd cost to start a new store and guess it'd be a similar number but you'd be starting from scratch and with no baton to pick up.
I'm not sure it would be more expensive than £400K + stock. Besides, would anyone with any due diligence setup a new Bath store based on 'success' of the previous two (and third if you include the current, which is up for sale).
Of course, there are owners who can make it work, but I guess it depends on the area, too. Bath is all about the position of the store. The previous store owner wanted to find a location outside of Bath at one point, on the outskirts, to save on rent and to be able to serve the store with the vans required for home installation. The current store is in a very odd position, in my opinion, as almost no-one walks past it, so footfall is low, even for the relevant target market (I live next to the Crescent, off Brock Street, but rarely walk past the store).
From B&O's website invitation to join them as a retailer;
(From recollection they used to ask £300K min)
Thank you for the reply Richard, which is in line with my thoughts (apart from the valuation).
Perhaps the reaction to your post was because many people on this forum are long-time followers (and buyers) of B&O, who (as already pointed out) have been watching the B&O franchises slowly go bust, one by one, over the last 5-8 years and see buying a store as a ludicrous thought.
When an agent values a business, they do it on past turnover. What else can they do? I think what we're talking about is the valuation based on future turnover, of B&O products alone.
The clever B&O dealers are the ones doing big installs, combining B&O with other brands. Simply standing proudly at the front of your B&O store and ignoring the competition is financial suicide. I understand Cardiff and Bath are pretty tech-savvy, so maybe this has aided their figures?
Either way, I wish all B&O Dealers the very best. Anyone who has either hung on, or prospered in the last 3 years is clearly very astute.
Lee
vikinger: Shop-in-Shops are best suited to locations within retail spaces with complementary product offerings, such as kitchen or furniture showrooms, or within larger format AV stores selling a broad range of audio and visual products.Initial investment: €50,000 to €80,000 Expected return: 2-3 years
.... and if they'd kept 'shop-in-shops' instead of being incredibly arrogant in the good times and demanding 'B1 or Nothing' from their large array of outlets, the brand awareness wouldn't be in the mess it is now.
So many more people would still be familiar with the brand, but a B1 store simply frightened the 'browsers' away. How many people have I heard say "Ha! I could never afford to go in a B&O store. I'm not rich!" and so on.
You need browsers to get the name known, keep it being talked about, keep it on people's brand-radar, and when B&O is next to the mass-market offerings you can actually see and compare the craftsmanship.
vikinger: Bang & Olufsen Brand StoresInitial investment: €225,000 to €375,000 Expected return: 3-5 years And I'm assuming those figures include the initial demo stock, too? If B&O Bath are asking €450K + stock costs (£50K+?), then this is a serious amount of money. ie. you'd have to be absolutely sure, as a new owner, you could make the store make a healthy profit to see a return on that investment, going forward.
And I'm assuming those figures include the initial demo stock, too? If B&O Bath are asking €450K + stock costs (£50K+?), then this is a serious amount of money. ie. you'd have to be absolutely sure, as a new owner, you could make the store make a healthy profit to see a return on that investment, going forward.
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Well, this doesn't look good! Need to get closer to the sign (one of which is hanging off the window), but looks like B&O Bath has closed down!
Says they have moved, but I'd assume this is to the Cardiff store. I'll walk past later.
The (UK) high street is not a pretty place at the moment...not that this helps B&O franchises, but lots of businesses are struggling to make the high street work.
Coffee shops and cafe's seem to be the only format left that works.
Yep, it’s “moved” by consolidating with the Cardiff store - so, no Bath B&O store. Again.
Managed to walk past on way in to town.
I wonder if Richard swings by to enlighten us thickies again!
Ban boring signatures!
Puncher: I wonder if Richard swings by to enlighten us thickies again!
Richard has become Ricardo and has removed his avatar and posts...... but fortunately most live on in the response quotes!
Didn't he turn out to be a business studies lecturer?
Graham
vikinger: Puncher: I wonder if Richard swings by to enlighten us thickies again! Richard has become Ricardo and has removed his avatar and posts...... but fortunately most live on in the response quotes! Didn't he turn out to be a business studies lecturer? Graham
Meh - it was his arrogant, "I know better than all of you folk" attitude that I remember.
moxxey: Yep, it’s “moved” by consolidating with the Cardiff store - so, no Bath B&O store. Again. Managed to walk past on way in to town.
I blame Torchwood.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Here he is (unless he was impersonating someone else with his avatar)!
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr_richard_weston.php