I am looking for a location for my business. I am considering a spot on a strip mall near a super market?

Does anyone have a business located in a similar location? On average how many customers do you get on a weekly basis? Do you find it an advantage to be located beside a large super market as oppose to say a location inside a shopping mall?

You'll be forced to get all of the answers to the questions you a re asking if you write a detailed business plan. If you've never been in business before, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I'd call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.

The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a your business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you'll concentrate on (your market ) and how you'll go after them.

The location is important but is only one of the factors that will make your business successful.

Try this link :
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-co...
and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.

Good Luck

do your home work, stay and count the number that walk past the location your are considering. do this at least 3 days. Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Saturday

It would be helpful if you let us know what kind of business it is. I am sure you've been to a mall and to a supermarket before. So you should know the answer already. Look around a mall and look around a supermarket. What do you see? Picture your business and where do you see the business fits better at? I am sure you already know the answer but it's just you need confirmation from other people. Remember when the first time you thought of the idea of having the business. What were you picturing in your mind? Good luck!

You'll get more foot traffic I am sure from being next to a super market. But it does depend on what you are selling.