We have moved into the second week of our most recent adventure – Christian retailing! In August, we finalized a partnership with a company in Tennessee, to operate two temporary book events in the SW suburbs of Minneapolis, called the $5 Christian Book Sale.
St Louis Park
Fortunately, we had some retail ownership experience, and so many of the business licenses, and other fun details were familiar. Our first shipment of product arrived on September 7, and we were open for business in the first store (Eden Prairie) on September 11.
Having been in Christian publishing for 15 years, and having traveled the world to visit hundreds of Christian bookstores, I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting into, and both Christen and I were excited to be able to share great quality resources at bargain prices with our community. So far, that is exactly what we are doing, and the response has been wonderful.
The bookstores are not called the $5 Christian Book Sales for no reason. Our marketing boasts that the stores carry (more or less) 20,000 books at $5 or less. Bibles and reference books are sold at 30% off and we even have some nice gift items to round out the inventory.
So, for the next 90+ days, we will be sharing Christ, one book at a time with the Southwest metro area. Come on by and check us out if you are in the area.
