Wondering How the Little Guy Does It: Small Shops Staying Afloat

Speaking of small shops, we ran across this post over at Decor8, “Shop Owners – How Do You Stay Alive?” which asks just that question and one we’ve often asked ourselves. How in the world do boutique stores, or those amazing little shops in your neighborhood keep afloat with rising rents and a billon chains coming out of nowhere nearly overnight. So that’s the question and Decor8 hopes to keep the feature going in finding answers from the shopkeeps themselves, as well as in the comments sections.