{"id":1262,"date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.storage-mart.com\/blog\/organization\/storage-helps-launch-small-business\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:03:11","slug":"storage-helps-launch-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.storage-mart.com\/blog\/storage-helps-launch-small-business","title":{"rendered":"Self Storage Helps Launch a Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a growing prevalence in medium to large cities, food trucks are quickly becoming the latest trend in consumer culture.\u00a0 Nathan Fleischmann of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storage-mart.com\/columbia-missouri\">Columbia, Missouri<\/a><\/strong> hopes to broaden this trend to retail sales with the launch of <a title=\"Stadium Shoes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stadiumshoes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stadium Shoes<\/a>, a casual footwear store\u2026on wheels.<\/p>\n<p>A recent story in Columbia Missourian\u2019s Vox Magazine chronicles Fleishmann\u2019s inspiration and aspirations and tells the story of a Kickstarter campaign he created to help with the purchase and conversion of a truck as well as his initial inventory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Mobile Shoe Store Makes Big Profit<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Shoe Truck: A Mobile Shoe Store\u201d raised $7,286 on Kickstarter, providing Fleishmann the means to purchase and convert the truck that will soon become his mobile sales floor.\u00a0 The plan is for the truck to take the form of a step-van, allowing customers to enter a boutique featuring wood laminate floors, upbeat music and a choice from 250 different pairs of shoes, with wooden benches and knee-high mirrors to help make trying on shoes more convenient.<\/p>\n<p>Fleischmann has been renting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.storage-mart.com\/columbia-missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbia storage unit<\/a> to house his truck while he makes the changes necessary for his mobile shoe store to become reality.\u00a0 Self storage can be an excellent tool for small businesses. 24-hour accessibility and perimeter fencing, PIN-controlled gate access and video surveillance provide the convenience business owners need to keep expenses down without suffering a loss in productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Self storage can also help a business owner like Fleischmann on the bottom line.\u00a0 Retail store owners can take advantage of wholesale or offseason pricing to save money on the purchase of inventory.\u00a0 This inventory can then be kept out of the way in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storage-mart.com\/amenities\">storage unit<\/a><\/strong> until it\u2019s ready to be moved to the sales floor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>High Hopes<\/h2>\n<p>Fleischmann has high expectations for himself and Stadium Shoes, already looking ahead to a time where he might have to hire assistants.\u00a0 If that expansion means buying more trucks, he\u2019ll no doubt turn to StorageMart self storage to help facilitate that expansion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Image courtesy of Vox Magazine<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a growing prevalence in medium to large cities, food trucks are quickly becoming the latest trend in consumer culture.\u00a0 Nathan Fleischmann of Columbia, Missouri hopes to broaden this trend to retail sales with the launch of Stadium Shoes, a casual footwear store\u2026on wheels. 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