Shopkeeper Stories

I'm a PhD sociologist creating photo-essays of small business owners & tweeting business tips.

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How Dollar Stores make a healthy margin: buy products in bulk to reduce wholesale prices, offer smaller sizes for toiletries and food (which is also helpful for people who can't afford bigger items). https://t.co/MmNNLaT2q1

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A seller rings a bell vigorously to announce his presence to offer chicken porridge to the residents in a neighbourhood in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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"Just as good bread can shoehorn its way into almost any meal – the foundation of a great sandwich, the opener to a meal, a late-night snack – so a good bakery can transform the community in which it sits." https://t.co/0FDh0slV1v

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Vignette of shops in Japan https://t.co/zYbSQHaSMI

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A visual story about why a supermarket is not raising the price of their rotisserie chicken 🐔 A lesson on loss leaders, brand perception, and retail layouts. https://t.co/wvahbOC1wk

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5 types of street vendors: pottery, larry, mobile, semi-static unit, and static unit.

From article: "Study of street vending activities in the southeast zone of Surat" (Bhatt and Jariwala, 2018)

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Anytime you order nachos at a sporting event, there’s a good chance they came from a molten-cheese empire in San Antonio, Texas.

(via @mdent05)

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A street vendor runs a stall that sells kun-ya. This is an addictive stimulant where betel leaves are used to wrap areca nuts, dried tobacco leaves, and slaked lime paste. She has a coconut juice on the wooden table for her own refreshment on the hot day, and also sells bananas.

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A street hawker offers her salon services by the railway track in Yangon (Myanmar)

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Buying fresh fish at an outdoor market. #Myanmar #fishmarket #lake

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Fishermen bringing their catch to the market to sell in Myanmar. This is a place where the source of products, and faces of the producers, is obvious to the buyers, a rarity in our supermarket lifestyles. #transparency #fishmonger #healthplanet

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It takes a little trial-and-error for a new shopkeeper to figure out the right inventory, but eventually they hit a sweet spot. One tip is to sell a mix of fast selling goods, that bring people into the shop, along with some high-margin products. #etsy #smallbusinessowners

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A guy is smoking a cigarette while sitting on a bag of onions, and overseeing mounds of ginger at the wholesale market in Myanmar. #agriculture #Commodities

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A market along the river in Mandalay selling vegetables, seafood, chicken, and more. #informaleconomy

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Glorious baskets of tomatoes at a market in Myanmar. Walking the streets of the wholesale market is such a visual treat, to see mountains of fresh produce! #healthylifestyle #agriculture

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Monk shopping for onions, garlic, and ginger at a wholesale market in Myanmar #streetmarket #myanmar

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When your sack of rice also doubles as your umbrella against the sun! ⛱️ Street in Myanmar in 2016. #streetvendor #streetlife

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A colourful beauty salon along the side of a street in Mandalay (Myanmar) in 2016. #smallbusiness #fashion

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As per the initial report, a 50-year-old lady, shopkeeper at Hakha Myoma market, was abducted by terrorists in Hakha for telling them "She will not sell to terrorists!"
#RejectCoupRejectASEAN
#June8Coup
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar