If you are in search of a good business to setup …. A retail & online luggage shop might be the way to go.

All you have to do is, search for distributors & wholesalers of travel luggage, school bags, purses, wallets, waist packs, business briefcases, traveling boxes and so on …

Once you find a reliable & cheap distributor … You should now start planning on how you want to run the business … Is it going to be a retail storefront, mall kiosk, flea market spot rentals OR … Online sales.

It is always advisable to add online store sales to which ever offline method you pick. …

Once you have figrured that out… You are ready to run your own luggage shop.

MARKETING:
* Market your business in the yellowpages for company branding
* Use direct mailing
* Distribute flyers to describe your business & list your contact address
* You can sell on ebay for extra cash .. This works well, if you can sell at low prices and still make very good profits
* Google adwords, adbrite, text-ad-links, & adengage are very good places to buying website traffic

With people constantly travelling and needing bags & luggages … You have a potential market to sell to.
You will need to have good products to sell for cheap … This will help you beat big companies like walmart & zellers … Those companies normally carry, cheap crap luggages that never last. .. So buy quality in bulk & sell low .. But make a good profit.

I was actually in search of a travel luggage last year .. I ended up buying from a local little store, that was actually besides thebay & zellers … And, I am sure that, I wasnt the only one who had done this. …

You see, .. The little store’s prices were just about $10 higher than this big retailers … But the quality was better for that extra cash .. So, I bought with them. … This real story is just used to encourage those of you, looking to start a luggage store. .. Dont get scared of the big companies .. Some people actually prefer quality that lasts.

Good Luck.