How to Run a School Spirit Store
Do you have school spirit? If not, a school spirit store may be just what your school needs. A school spirit store has the purpose of getting students excited about their school and giving some students the opportunity to learn responsibility and to learn how to run a store. Here are a few tips on how to run a school spirit store.
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Set a budget. You must set a budget so you know how much money can be spent on new inventory and how much is used to pay students who staff the store. Setting a budget will help you to know how the cash is flowing through the store. It will also help you to know what is selling and how much inventory needs to be reordered.
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Account for the money. Once you have a budget in place, you must manage the money properly. Open a bank account for the money from the School Spirit Store. Record all transactions, including deposits of money from the store and money spent on materials and overhead for the store.
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Decide on what to sell and how much to charge. Have students decide what kinds of items they want to sell at the School Spirit Store. Popular items include sweatshirts, T-shirts, banners, bumper stickers and food items (candies and non-perishable snacks). Decide on what to charge for the items so that a profit can be gained but students can afford the products.
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Advertise the School Spirit Store. If students don't know about the School Spirit Store, they won't visit and make purchases. Be sure to post flyers throughout the school. Make an announcement about the School Spirit Store at a pep rally. Encourage students to wear their School Spirit apparel to a school event or game to show support for the teams.
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Manage the inventory and keep the School Spirit Store secure. There must be a procedure in place for managing inventory, to prevent theft and have control over the store. You may consider having the students mark down each item they sell (for example, place a check mark next to two candy bars when they are sold). Keep the School Spirit Store secure by limiting the number of students who have keys or access to the store. Have a member of the staff oversee the operations of the store. Keep products in a safe place. Never leave money in the School Spirit Store when nobody is running it.
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Provide excellent customer service skills. To keep customers, you must make them feel valuable and comfortable.
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Keep the appropriate number of students on staff in the School Spirit Store. There should be more students during the busier times of the day, such as lunch and after school. Try to have some overlapping of shifts so it is a smooth transaction to the next person staffing the store.
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