--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lawson wrote: > > > the storefront centers are meant to be revenue generators > > > > From what I've seen of the world of business, > > "revenue generators" are high-margin or high- > > volume items such as food service contracts in > > Iraq or convenience store staples such as soft > > drinks, beer, pornography and cigarettes. Spa > > services, which is what these centers are selling, > > are not among those things I'd call revenue generators. > > > > And yet, I've seen USA Today articles about mall-based spas and > massage parlors and so on... > > > I suspect that spas require exotic locations to work, > > so that the spa becomes a vacation. > > A day spa? I've seen tanning salons combined with party costume > shops, so exotic takes on its own meaning, depending... > > I was involved > > in the marketing of an alternative and complementary > > health care facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, > > that the manager envisioned to be a spa, but it was a > > huge disappointment. It was beautiful place with a host > > of great services offered under the imprimature of a > > respected hospital, yet sales fell far short of projections. > > > > For the TMO, breaking even should be enough...
Breaking wind, probably. Breaking even, very doubtful. These ideas are high risk and need proper management, an ingredient that the movement has always lacked. Uns. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
