As of now, we have planed out and successfully exectued our pilot of having a concession stand at the Cityview Skatepark during the first week of Winter Break. There was a lot of preparation leading up to our pilot. First we took a survey to see if there was a demand to have a skateshop. Then we picked out the particular products that we were to sell as well as how much to sell each product for, so we had to learn how to budget our money. We chose the first week of Winter Break specifically because of the business we would get due to the fact it was vacation and people would be there before they travelled elsewhere for Christmas and New Years. Below was our schedule for our pilot.
Apollo Boards and Stuff PilotMonday December 20th
Miya
Jenna
Sam
Mallory
Tuesday December 21th
Miya
Sam
Jenna
Christina
Wednesday December 22nd
Kendra
Erin
Christina
Mallory
Thursday December 23rd
Kendra
Erin
Right now, after we have completed grading each other for the first semester, we are looking ahead to the future with Apollo Boards and Stuff. We are looking for a trailer or RV of some sort that we could get so we can put all our merchandise inside and drive to and from the Cityview Skate Park where we can set up shop. We are looking into RVs for security reasons, especially since the Cityview Skate Park is so deep inside the Naval Air Station, there would be no one to watch over the shop at night. Other plans further down the line is having our own clothing line. We are still thinking about a name for our brand, something cool like Spitfire or Alphanumeric. We have already researched Skating brand names already out there: