Christian Bookstore And Gift Shop For Sale - Santa Maria, California, CA - Santa Barbara County

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PROFILE: Highly Successful Shop Is Nicely Decorated And Well Located.

AD/LISTING INFORMATION
Status: Off The Market
State: California
Location: Central Coast
County: Santa Barbara
City: Santa Maria
Primary Category: Retail Related
Alternate Category:   None Given
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Asking Price: $104,900
Down Payment: $49,000
Annual Revenue: Call/Email
Annual Adjusted Net: Call/Email
   
Price Range: $100,001-$250,000
DETAILED INFORMATION
Franchise: No
Relocatable: Yes
Home Based: No
Lifestyle: No
Real Estate Included: No
Bkr To Bkr Cooperation: Call

DESCRIPTION: Business Summary:
This Specialized Bookstore Will Sell For A Bit Higher Than Other Book Stores Would Because Christian Bookstores Seem To Do A Bit Better Business Than Regular Bookstores. However, This Bookstore Also Sells Many Other Non-Book Christian Items.

This Highly Successful Christian Bookstore And Gift Shop Is Nicely Decorated And Located In One Of The Busiest Streets In Town. It Maintains A Very Strong Customer Base With A Mailing List Of Over 10,000. The Store Inventories A Wide Variety Of Books, Church Supplies, Educational Items, Gifts, Music And Includes A Children’s Department. The Current Owner Is Very Customer Oriented, And He Often Orders Products Not In Stock To Be Delivered To A Customer’s Door. This "Can Do" Attitude Has Allowed The Business To Build A Loyal Customer Base In A Short Amount Of Time. This Store Is The Largest Independent Christian Bookstore In The Area. Original Owner Is Looking To Slow Down And Is Offering This Opportunity To A Qualified Buyer.

The Large Used Books Sale Department Is A 100% Profit Center With Customers Donating All The Books That The Store Sells. Large Room For Bible Reading Meetings And Other Church Groups Helps To Keep The Grass Root Reach Of This Store Ever Present On An Area Where Over 70% Of The Populations Belongs To A Church.

The Christian Booksellers Association Has Approximately 2,400 Retailing Members And Also Reports That Their Sales In 2002 Were $4.2 Billion – That Works Out To Approximately $1,750,000 Per Store. There Are 3,570 Christian Bookstores Nationwide Specializing In Reaching A Diversified And Targeted Demographic Of A Group Of Racially Diverse Men And Woman Aged 18-32.

One Of The Biggest Growth Categories Is Religion, Where ‘an Unbelievable Number Of Books’ That Have Been Sold. The Religion Category Saw Net Dollar Sales Increase By An Estimated 8.1 Percent Over 2004, To $2.3 Billion, And Sales Are Expected To Increase By 6.5 Percent In 2006 And 6.3 Percent In 2007.

Area:
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