Still room for niche businesses at Christmas
November 26th, 2008 by Ingrid Cliff
We have just finished all of the exterior Xmas lights for the second time this year – the first go was wrecked by the Brisbane storm. They look brilliant (literally) and due to the unexpected assistance from the weather I had to go and buy a whole pile of new LED Xmas lights to fill in the dark spots.
This led me to a few wonderful niche businesses – Christmas lighting shops. It is amazing how they are springing up everywhere and are a veritable treasure trove of lights. They have to be the ultimate niche businesses – only really trading for a few months of the year, and yet they are surviving and thriving even with the competion of the big chain store guns of Kmart, Target and the like.
Another niche business I found is PossBloss – a specialist shop that makes hand made kids art smocks and bibs. Their range is gorgeous and very different from the run of the mill stuff.
Niche businesses definitely have their place – for something unique, different and quirky.
Until next time
Ingrid Cliff
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November 26th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I’m glad you’ve got your lights up again. I have often wondered about the specialty Christmas light stores – wondered what they did for the rest of the year and whether it was really worth it to be flat out for such a small part of the year.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Hi Ingrid, Thanks for stopping by
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I am constantly amazed by the many talented designers out there who have these wonderful niche businesses, I waste way to much time surfing their links!!!