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		<title>Party Supply and Planning... Anyone have any tips?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Your industry is a highly compet]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Your industry is a highly competitve one with very little differentiation other than branding built on personal image and relationships.
Before you go further, I would ask myself honestly "what is my special sauce"? Then I would take a look at e]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[If you were to sell yourself as ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[If you were to sell yourself as a Party Planner, you wouldn`t have to
keep any inventory. You`d be the one-stop solution, and could be the
buyer for specific party supplies. That way you could operate out of 1
room, have low overhead, and put all you fi[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I live in a fairly small town th]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I live in a fairly small town that has a university.&nbsp; At this time the only `big box` that we have is Fred Meyer.&nbsp; They do carry a very limited inventory of party supplies.&nbsp; For the most part you can only get the solid color plates/napkins/c[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[:-) Yes, that`s a good explanati]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[:-) Yes, that`s a good explanation. The next big problem, then, is
going to be your competitive stategy where it comes to the "big box"
chain stores that handle party supplies. What do you have in mind along
those line? That, and there are the very inex[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am planning on rolling them in]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am planning on rolling them into one business.&nbsp; At this point I would think that the supply end would take precedent becuase I am fairly new to the planning side of it all.&nbsp; I have experience in planning but on a smaller scale than I would like[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Party supply is one thing. Event]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Party supply is one thing. Event planning is quite different. Do you
intend to roll them into a single business? If so, which takes
precedence---which will be the most important, and which will be the
secondary product line?
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				<title><![CDATA[I just found this site and have ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I just found this site and have found so much useful information on it, it`s great.&nbsp; I am still just looking for a little insight from someone that may have some experience in the retail party supply and party planning businesses.&nbsp; I originally t[...]]]></description>
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