A market trader sells good and services in their local area or at markets. Deciding what to sell on your market stall is a crucial decision. The goods and services a market trader may sell on their market stalls can be perishable, such as fresh fruit, vegetables and meat or non – perishable such as cards, jewellery or clothes, the products market traders might sell are endless. The services you might be seeing sold on a market stall can include shoe repair, key cutting or computer services to name but a few.
When you decide to become a market trader your daily tasks might involve the following:
Attending wholesale markets, typically early in the morning before their market opens, to buy produce.
- Ordering stock from manufacturers, sales representatives, agents and importers.
- Selling to and engaging with customers.
- Employing and managing staff
- Monitoring stock levels and product performance
- Marketing stock, including devising special offers and promotions
- Ensuring that trading standards and health and safety regulations are adhered to.
- Keeping an eye on your market competition
- Book Keeping
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