I opened a one-month-shop at the 25th of November. The shop is located near the railway station in Olten, Switzerland. I thought it would be a great idea to make my online-shop more popular and to sell a lot of jewellery, clothes, bags, greeting cards, paintings. Ecpecially because usually the time before Christmas is good for business as a lot of people buy gifts for their wives, girlfriends, friends, mothers, grandmothers,…
But as I see it now this idea of opening a temporary shop must have been one of my worst ideas. In two weeks I have only sold a little painting and a Native American jewellery set. I got just 130 sFr., but the shop rent is 1000 sFr.!!!Most people like my items but they think they could have jewellery made of gems, silver and pearls for the same price as the fashion jewellery in big retail stores. And for selling vintage and secondhand clothes it is difficult as well, either the piece is too small or too large. It’s really a hard business. And the most annoying thing is that someone has stolen one of my most expensive pieces, a 1000 sFr. bangle, out of my shop window! Isn’t that cruel? She must have known that stealing from a one-woman-shop causes a huge damage! What she has done is an act of perfect inhumanity! If I could I would curse her!