4 Unique Ways Small Businesses Have Pivoted - September, 2020

 

4 Unique Ways Small Businesses Have Pivoted

Tallahassee, Florida – September 11, 2020 – As we continue to look at how the commercial real estate market has been impacted and will continue to change due to the Covid-19 virus, NAI TALCOR is working hard to provide you up-to-date information. Small businesses have put up quite a fight over these past few months. While the pandemic acted as a major disruptor for every industry, small and local businesses took an especially hard hit. NAI TALCOR is the leader in the North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama markets with our professional out in the field every day, working, and meeting with business owners helping to navigate through these trying times.

The pandemic threatened all things ‘business as usual’, making it imperative for small businesses to rethink their operational strategies from top to bottom.

In the midst of these ‘new normals’ for small businesses, the industry has seen some truly ingenious survival tactics take form. Here are some of the most unique ways that we’ve seen businesses stay open during COVID:

FROM DINING ROOMS TO PANTRY SALES

As indoor dining rooms and lounges closed, many local eateries and bars quickly transitioned their business approach by selling their specialty goods in bulk.

One great example is Wisconsin’s The Ruby Tap, a self-service wine bar, that began selling their wine bottles in bulk online for local curbside pickup. Customers can fill their e-carts with bottles and stop by the shop to get all of their favorites.

Perc Coffee Roasters, a Savannah-based coffee roasting company, took a similar approach. After closing their on-site cafe, they switched up operations to provide their clients and customers with bags of their favorite fresh coffee. They’re posting every update on Instagram and sharing their gourmet cafe recipes across social media so daily visitors can get their fix from home. Shop online and brew on your own - it’s that easy.

FARMER’S MARKETS DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR

Farmer’s markets are known for their bustling crowds - making them a prime concern during the pandemic. While some markets stayed open by adopting stringent social-distancing measures, others played it safe and went digital.

Farmer’s markets all around the country are offering at-home delivery services. By creating an interface that lists every vendor and all of their goods, shoppers can safely fill their carts online and have them dropped off to their doors.

DRIVE-UP DINING

As indoor dining spaces were shut down, restaurants all around the country made do with the new standards by adopting an omnichannel model to serve their customers.

Whether it’s small cafes, pastry shops, or five-star restaurants, ordering online and picking up curbside is the solution for staying strong during the pandemic.

In cases like this, social media plays a huge role in keeping patrons updated on all of the latest operational protocols. Menu changes, specials, and deals are all being broadcasted on IG and FB.

By combining online order systems and physical pick-ups, restaurants took a truly contemporary approach to doing business during the pandemic.

VIDEO CHAT SHOPPING

A local toy store in Connecticut has managed to offer a safe shopping experience even during these unpredictable times by using tech in a brilliant way.

Necker’s Toyland shoppers can schedule a Facetime browsing session to check out the store via live video chat as they’re assisted by a sales associate. This strategy is personalized, exclusive, and modern at it’s finest.

Small businesses are doing all they can to stay open, and it’s pushing the boundaries in some very unexpected ways. What’s next to come out of COVID-inspired small business strategies?

 

ABOUT NAI TALCOR

With 70 team members including 31 licensed commercial sales advisors, NAI TALCOR is the leader in the North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama markets. NAI TALCOR is a full service commercial real estate brokerage, property management, development and construction management firm. Providing commercial real estate services since 1990, NAI TALCOR has steadily grown by meeting client needs and partnering with others to promote mutual growth and prosperity in all aspects of commercial property ownership.

NAI TALCOR clients receive global reach with local expertise, a truly distinct advantage in commercial real estate services. Whether real estate requirements are in one market or many, we help our clients understand the market, acquire, dispose of, develop or manage their property with ease.  

NAI TALCOR provides comprehensive brokerage, leasing, property management, receivership services, and facility/construction management to the North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama commercial real estate marketplace. Our collaborative services platform is an expansive, yet nimble, responsive structure which enables efficient, full services delivery of all elements of Commercial Real Estate Services to the region. NAI TALCOR is involved with the leasing, selling, and property management throughout North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama. Our skilled professional specialize in office, retail, multi-family, special-purpose, medical, and other properties.

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NAI Global is a leading global commercial real estate brokerage firm. NAI Global offices are leaders in their local markets and work in unison to provide clients with exceptional solutions to their commercial real estate needs. NAI Global has more than 400 offices strategically located throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific, with over 7,000 local market professionals, managing in excess of 425 million square feet of property. Annually, NAI Global completes in excess of $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the world. Whether you need to buy, sell, lease, finance, or manage commercial property in your town, across the U.S. or in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and beyond, your nearby NAI Global local office is your local point of entry into a world of creative solutions in commercial real estate.

Exceptional global commercial real estate solutions begin with local market leadership and expertise. NAI Global offices are respected local-market roles models that are passionate about the commercial real estate business. With long histories of success across market cycles, NAI Global offices have a hard-earned, unusually deep level of local market knowledge and insight beyond the commoditized data you find elsewhere. This depth of knowledge is borne from their local relationships nurtured for generations-relationships that give our local-market leading offices the edge with the know-how, who, what, where, and when to achieve exceptional results for clients.

As an organization, NAI Global actively manages this industry-leading platform of local market knowledge and leadership, providing support and services that yield seamless integration and the consistent delivery of exceptional services to clients worldwide.

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