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Handout 1: Carrie’s Candy Shop
History
Carrie Jube has worked in the confectionery industry for over 25 years. It has always been
her dream to own and operate a retail confectionery store. Carrie imagines her store to be
filled with glass jars of lollies and chocolates, and wants to be recognised as a boutique
confectionery store specialising in high quality products.
Strategic plan goal
Carrie’s Candy Shop will be recognised as the number one boutique confectionery retailer
in NSW.
Operational plan goal
Carrie’s Candy Shop will obtain 15 % of the market in the first three years of operation.
General information
Carrie has completed her market research, which indicated a void in the market of retail
outlets selling high quality confectionery products. Supermarkets and convenience stores
dominate the confectionery retail market, owning over 95% of the market share between
them, however, they only sell everyday household brands such as Cadbury and Nestle.
Carrie wants to take advantage of this void in the market by opening ‘Carrie’s Candy
Shop’. She has made a decision that, in order to segment her market, she will not sell
everyday household brands and instead focus on high quality products, which retail at a
much higher price than the everyday brands.
Carrie has located a site within the main street of the mountains tourist village. The street
is lined with boutique type retailers including clothing, cakes and pastries, cafes and
restaurants, homewares and gift shops. The rent is $2,800 per month.
The Council has very strict rules regarding the signage that stores use on their shop
fronts. It wants to maintain a ‘mountain village feel’, as they believe this is what tourists
find attractive. The Council also stipulates that all stores in the main the street must be
open 7 days per week, from 9am to 6pm, to cater for tourists.
Carrie is very keen on this location, however, she is concerned about how many staff she
will need to meet the Council’s opening hours requirement. When Carrie first thought
about opening her own store, she decided she would not employ anyone and just manage
her opening hours depending on how busy she was.
As the Council now requires her to be open every day from 9am to 6pm, she will need to
hire retail assistants. Carrie believes this could be a big risk to her success, as during
winter it can snow in the village which means customer numbers reduce substantially. If
this happens she could be paying people to run a store that has no customers.
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Financial information
Carrie has identified the following costs involved in starting her own business.
Carrie’s Candy Shop: Start-up costs
Stock
$50,000
Legal
$2,000
Property bond
$4,000
Cash register
$2,000
Fixtures and fittings
$10,000
Signage
$5,000
Software (Retail management system)
$5,000
Marketing materials
$3,000
Insurance
$4,000
Stationery
$100
Carrie has also identified the following ongoing expenses for her business.
Carrie’s Candy Shop: Ongoing expenses
Loan repayments
$1,000
Printing and stationery
$50
Miscellaneous
$100
Insurance
$4,000
Postage
$50
Retail management system maintenance
$1,500
Fixtures and fittings maintenance
$500
Telephone
$200
Rent
$2,800
Payroll and liabilities
$6,500
Advertising
$500
Licence and permits
$100
Security
$250
BSBMGT617A Develop and implement a business plan
© 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd
1st edition version: 1
Carrie has also completed the following monthly average sales forecast. The figures take
into account that sales will go down during the winter months (due to the snow), but pick
up again over November/December for the summer and Christmas holiday periods.
Carrie’s Candy Shop: Monthly average sales forecast
July
$15,000
August
$15,000
September
$20,000
October
$20,000
November
$25,000
December
$25,000
January
$25,000
February
$20,000
March
$20,000
April
$20,000
May
$20,000
June
$15,000
Carrie has $30,000 in savings that she is going to invest in the business. She wants to
borrow $120,000 from the bank to fund her business idea.
Carrie has spoken to the bank and they have advised that she needs to provide them with
a business plan, so that they can assess her business idea and decide whether they
would be willing to provide her with a loan.
BSBMGT617A Develop and implement a business plan
© 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd
1st edition version: 1