The factors important in choosing a retail site would be :
- The demographics : the people who are surrounding the retail
site. The age, income level of the people for whom the product is
targeted should be evaluated and accordingly the retail site should
be chosen. Like hoe far do people have to travel to reach the
retail location, what is the income of the people in the location
chosen as the retail site.
- The competition surrounding the area of the retails site. Bad
competitors are those that will have a negative effect on your
business. Some competitors may be offering a similar product at a
discount which may hinder the business.
- The factors like what is the access to transportation and the
availability of parking space should also be considered.
Factors important in choosing a manufacturing site is :
- The availability of raw materials , the raw materials should be
available at cheap prices and in maximum output and there should be
easy availability of the raw materials at the location of the
manufacturing plant.
- The workforce available at the site should be skilled.
- there should be good infrastructural facilities
- The site should be closed to the source providing raw
materials.
the factors like availability of parking space and demographics
of the population is not vital fro a manufacturing site as they
carry out manufacturing activities which they sell to the retailers
and not to the end users which are the customers.
the availability of raw materials and work force availability is
not a factor for retail site as they target the end users which are
the customers.