Start with a solid plan
To succeed with a new store, you first need to prepare a solid business plan and have a clear concept. You can test your concept with both friends and family first. An operations and liquidity budget will also ensure that you know what needs to be achieved financially during the start-up stage.
Running a store requires have a selling attitude. You need to maintain control of all facets of the business and deliver good customer service.
Be a team player at the shopping centre
It's important that every store in a shopping centre is a team player and contributes to the centre community and common product. But stores also need to focus 100% on their own responsibilities and optimise their own business and concept. This increases the chance of success.
The advantage of opening a store at a centre is that you have a reliable customer flow. You also have good neighbours and can collectively attract customers.
In small towns, a shopping centre is also a place where people meet and gather. So, this offers excellent opportunities to succeed with a new store.
Operations and marketing
Shopping centres have extensive resources for technical operations and a strong marketing strategy. This gives stores more time to focus on customers and sales processes.
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5 tips for opening a store at a shopping centre
- Prepare a good business plan.
- Create an operating budget and a liquidity budget.
- Maintain control of all facets of the business.
- Work together with other stores to bring about repeat visits.
- Deliver excellent customer service.
Interested in becoming a tenant at a Thon centre? Read more here.
The many advantages of being a tenant at a Thon centre
Thon owns and operates shopping centres throughout all of Norway, as well as in Sweden, which offers the possibility to open a store in different locations.
We have many years of experience and low and predictable service charges thanks to the economics of scale and the fact that we run very efficient operations.
We are also a major real estate company and own some of Norway's largest shopping centres, as well as small, local centres that serve as important meeting places for locals.
Off to a flying start
We believe in a local approach to organisation. Thon property managers are solution-oriented and authorised to fast-track processes related to contracts and tenancy agreements, so that you can get off to a flying start fulfilling your retail dream.
Straightforward process
If you're interested in opening a store at a centre, the process is a relatively simple one.
You may already have a few ideas about where you'd like to open your business and the size of the space. Thon has premises of all sizes and across the entire country.
If you also have a budget in mind, we can suggest a number of premises that we can then visit together. You will then be sent a lease offer stating the start of occupancy date, progress plan for construction work and other relevant information.
