Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you ll inevitably have as well as many you haven t anticipated yet. Also take a look at Entrepreneur s online guide.http://www.entrepreneur.com/howto/retail -- Entrepreneur s How to Start a Retail Business Guidehttp://www.nrf.org �C National Retail Federationhttp://www.narda.com -- North American Retail Dealers Associationhttp://www.imra.org �C Retail Industry Leaders AssociationResearch, research, research �C this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:* Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant by Jim Carroll, Rick Broadhead* The Complete E-Commerce Book: Design, Build, and Maintain a Successful Web-Based Business by Janice Reynolds* Intelligent Selling: The Art Science of Selling Online by Ken Burke * E-Commerce for Dummies by Don JonesThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check out these articles:http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Building-R�� �C Building Retail Business without Financial Muscle by James Littlehttp://ezinearticles.com/?Start-a-Small-�� �C Start a Small Retail Business with Multiple Sales Channels by Jacob Wrenhttp://ezinearticles.com/?Retail-Selling�� �C Retail Selling Strategies by Donny LowyHope that helps! I wish you much success happiness in all your ventures!
In order to answer your questions you would need to do market research to determine what the expected demand would be. It is a question which a bunch of random strangers can not answer, at least not with any information that would have any real value o your business.
