High St shop ideas?

[Petrus1983]

I've been offered the lease on a smallish (170sq ft), well located shop on a quaint town High St - it's next to a WH Smiths/Hallmark/Costa and the rent reasonable. I've wanted a side line to my current life/job - has anyone got any suggestions on what I could do with it? There's already a multitude of coffee shops and I can't see a Hooters getting past planning, beyond that though I'm all ears.

[singlecoil]

Very limited space, especially for storage, so it whatever you do will need to be small. Greetings cards might be an idea, especially if you could source better than average stock.

[singlecoil]

Far too small for a florist.

[Doofus]

Micro pub

[Petrus1983]

Good point with storage - although it's not impossible for me to arrange storage nearby if needed. It's directly next to a Hallmark card store and v close to a WH Smith's - but certainly your point about size is accurate.

[Moominho]

A bubble tea shop? Posh milkshake bar? Craft beer shop? Ummm... some sort of burrito bar or niche food takeaway?

[nyt]

Christmas shop if it's the right sort of area?

[maffski]

singlecoil said:

Far too small for a florist.

Specialise in Bonsai?

[Doofus]

nyt said:

Christmas shop if it's the right sort of area?

Lapland?

[Petrus1983]

Doofus said:

nyt said:

Christmas shop if it's the right sort of area?

Lapland?

There's a Christmas shop in Bath - have no idea how it goes all year round!

[Petrus1983]

I've just found out there's a 140sq ft stock room with it.

[Hugo a Gogo]

ice cream shop, fancy flavours and toppings

[Frio3535]

If you don't know what you're doing I wouldn't touch it.

[brrapp]

It really depends on the town.
If it's a small town and only locals are likely to use it , it has to sell something they need to buy on a very regular basis, some kind of targeted foodstuff like organic wholefoods for me..
If it's got a lot of through traffic/tourists, you can go overboard with all sorts of crazy ideas, the more niche the better, specialist flavoured teas, traditional cheese shop etc.

[kiethton]

The high street premises to fulfil the "must have a physical retailing presence" requirement of whatever manufacturer/distributor in whatever sector takes your fancy for online retailing.

[Zetec-S]

brrapp said:

It really depends on the town.
If it's a small town and only locals are likely to use it , it has to sell something they need to buy on a very regular basis, some kind of targeted foodstuff like organic wholefoods for me..
If it's got a lot of through traffic/tourists, you can go overboard with all sorts of crazy ideas, the more niche the better, specialist flavoured teas, traditional cheese shop etc.

^^^ This.

[Christmassss]

Dont do a greetings card shop! Literally no money in it any more

[Moominho]

Oriental massage parlour.

[JLC25]

Small stockroom? Records don't take up much space, and lot's of people like buying them right now...

[Vocal Minority]

What is your planning permission or permitted uses on the lease.

There have been several ideas on here which require different permissions!

I assume it is A1 retail