LI network makes rival shop owners friends
Quick ReadSeveral gift-shop owners united to solve a common problem and discovered that the friendship that grew out of the meeting serves them well in business.
Photo credit: Chris Ware | Friends, and competitors, gather at the shop of Pat Turner, left, of Roomors in Babylon Village. The others Kerry Punzi, center, of Giftology and The Cook's Fancy in Rockville Center, and Marilyn Schulman, of Willy Nilly Trading in Bay Shore. (Feb. 09, 2012)
Trusted business advice is hard to come by, but much to gift shop owner Kerry Punzi's surprise, she has found a wealth of it from an unlikely source: potential competitors.
"I didn't even realize that other retailers would want to talk to me," said Punzi, owner of Giftology and The Cook's Fancy, both in Rockville Centre.
About a year and a half ago, a group of gift shop owners and managers...
