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How to Buy a Shop

This article offers advice on choosing the right retailer, the importance but high cost of the right location and smoothing the transition to new ownership.

Sector Spotlight: Advertising and Marketing

Discover more about the advertising and marketing sector and decide whether you’re up for the challenge of buying a business in this industry!


Sector Spotlight: Dry Cleaners: This article explores the market breakdown between dry cleaning chains and independents.


How to Run a Drug Store: We offer you marketing tips, security advice and, in a sector beset by a shortage of qualified pharmacists, training recommendations.


How to Buy a Dry Cleaners: This article outlines the current issues facing business owners across South Africa and skills best suited to those operating in the laundry sector.


How to Run a Deli: This article covers the merits of learning from other delis, finding your niche, upskilling yourself and staff, and upgrading culinary apparatus.


Sector Spotlight: Pharmacies: This article offers entrepreneurs an insight into the pharmacy sector, outlining current trends and challenges facing the sector.


How to Buy a Deli: Find out what assets are favourable, and how to carry out thorough due diligence on all aspects of the business.


How to Run a Convenience Store: This article offers guidelines on how to run a convenience store, with information on what products you should stock and how best to secure your business from shoplifters.


How to Buy a Convenience Store: As well as exploring the attributes needed to thrive in this sector, this article offers tips to business buyers on keeping within budget, the importance of location and conducting due diligence on a convenience store for sale.


How to Run a Care Home: With an ageing population, running a good care home will stand you in good stead to make money into the future.


Sector Spotlight: Care Homes: There is a call for vast improvements to be made in care and medical standards across South Africa, with increasing demand for improved elderly care. Discover why this could mean the perfect business opportunity for you.


How to Buy a Cattery: Find out how, as more South Africans are becoming pet owners, the cattery sector is growing at a steady rate.


How to Run a Gift Shop: If you're planning on buying a gift shop, read this and discover how best to run it!


Sector spotlight: RV parks: Find out why RV parks are a tranquil ‘lifestyle’ business for entrepreneurs fleeing the corporate world.


How to Buy a Health and Beauty Business: This industry is leaning towards technology. Find out how you can buy the right business to take advantage of this!


Sector Spotlight: Estate Agents: As foreign investors infiltrate South Africa’s property market, sales are on the rise, making it an ideal time to set up shop.


How to Buy a Garden Centre: We’re heading into spring and so what better time to buy a garden centre?


How to Buy an Art Gallery: The art industry is booming- find out how you can buy a gallery and become part of the success.


Sector Spotlight: Financial Businesses: Read this to find out more on South Africa’s buoyant financial sector, the markets it spans and due diligence tips for business buyers.

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