Reboot Refit Rethink

I haven’t said anything more concrete before as plans were changing on a daily basis. At one point I was way behind in just about every area but a good last week in several ways has helped a lot. I always get several emails each week from those travelling to Edinburgh for the weekend making sure exactly when we will be open and these last few weeks were no exception. With Saturday being by far our busiest day it started to make sense to be open if possible on that day. The plan therefore is to be closed this Monday to Thursday and then open Friday and Saturday. I should be able to get a fair amount done and still have the place in shape in time. We will then be closed for five more days and open again the following Friday and Saturday. By then I should have a better idea of how things stand.

We’ll be relocating to the old coffee shop counter and may or may not take down the current counter depending on my joiner’s back ! As for the rest I won’t spoil the surprise partly if I’m honest because I’m still not entirely sure myself. I’m still planning to have some gigs in the shop and will try to firm things up this week. It will of course depend on whether we can fit things in around moving stuff about. Everything to do with the posters, prints and  other merchandise is going very well indeed. We will have posters and prints on offer within the week. We will be focusing on our best sellers in 2012, our best selling Scottish bands and albums since “Tigermilk” was first released and on some of the classic albums we have become well known for over the years.

People understandably thought I was referring to a new website when I said about possibly concentrating more online and could certainly be forgiven for thinking so when the new site appeared. However that is not actually the case. I doubt I will ever sell that much from the site though between the blog and the shop site and the shop they will work well together with sales more and more coming through the shop because of the online and social media presence. I am considering other online offers more of which later and it was these offers I was originally referring to.  

There is the very serious issue of the impact the record companies relentless backing for HMV and FOPP has on our own business and I think there will be some resolution to that by the end of the month. Whatever the outcome it will offer new opportunities for Avalanche.

Plans may change and I’ve no idea as yet exactly what part the shop will play in the big picture that also includes online sales and merchandise along with other opportunities. I do have to thank those who have come forward, both customers and fellow local businesses, offering help and support. Again much more later.