Retail Family-Online Safe Space

22/09/2025

RATE•MY•PLATE

Not literally but let’s look at what we have on our plate.

We have:

⭕️ Really long hours:- we service the public 16-24 hours a day. Our business never sleeps. Do we?

⭕️ Staffing issues:- no matter how wonderful our team is we often experience staff absence, holiday cover and the unexpected.

⭕️ Increasing costs:- We face the cost of living the same as a consumer and often weigh up absorbing some of the cost to keep footfall and custom coming.

⭕️Tax:- the never spoken about subject. We face it at every angle

⭕️Family:- whether it’s balancing our intertwined home life or navigating family working together in business

⭕️Competition:- we are constantly styling new competition. Battle of who is the strongest

⭕️ Our own selves:- we really do put ourselves last. It’s not being heroic or selfless but the sheer extent of sometimes not alway business feeling like survival.

Tonight we will be discussing exactly what’s on our plates. How we manage or maybe how we aren’t just now. Both are fine. Let’s normalise talking it out.

7pm tonight. Retailers only

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82856368433?pwd=sKAZac0xXWtWjTkoNYCspRRvyHTI4I.1

15/09/2025

Tonight at 7pm let’s catch up and see how you are all doing.

Kids are all firmly back to school in all of the UK.

Weather has been up down and all over the place. Challenges continue with Shoplifting abuse and forever proposed changes in legislation.

What has been grinding your goat? Let’s lay it all out on the table. There’s more of us going through the same thing than we think.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87264437426?pwd=hID3u7WACJd0g9vfLuG4MBEpKvsrW9.1

08/09/2025

Now more than ever it has been highlighted to one of the founders the importance of talking and support.

Whilst we ARE retailers, we have families and the balance between it all and managing the business which has to keep going and our life is challenging.

Join us tonight at 7pm to hear how YOU are getting on

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84699876161

31/08/2025

Tomorrow we have our Safe Space Meeting at 7pm.

There is lots to talk about tomorrow and we will be there to listen.

Retailers only so please share to any independent retailer looking for an outlet to share.

No judgement. Safe Space.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87424357995

25/08/2025

THANK YOU 💛

Thank you to everyone that joined tonight and everyone that shared our link.

Some really positive shares, advice and tips shared.

It really helps us to create an ongoing safe space!

We will see you all same time next week

7pm 💛

24/08/2025

Tomorrow Night we will be having our weekly Safe Space Meeting.

We will be discussing Priorities and work life balance.

Let's face it we don't work 9-5

As Retailers with a strong work ethic, we either build the business from working all hours to stay open or our Phone is never switched off. As the business grows we are demanded of by all aspects of the business. How do you set healthy boundaries to look after yourself?

Come along at 7pm Monday 25th August to our online safe space and lets get into it.

Anything you wish to discuss, we are here to listen.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84819575476

Ps if you have read this far please share or tag one retailer you know who may have not heard of our services.

18/08/2025

Tonight we have our Safe Space Meeting at 7pm

Come along and let’s discuss how your week has been

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89791361958

14/08/2025

🆘 FAMILY•EMERGENCIES🆘

Life always has a plan for us. There is only so much we can manifest and make happen.

How we react to life’s challenges can be a tough thing to share.

We are Retailers after all. Agile. Reactive as well as proactive. But we cannot control it all.

Life be Lifing.

Come along at 5pm for tonight’s Safe Space Meeting and let’s help one another.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89538215665?pwd=Ma4hjnQHrhvEW4qUfhlfnnsWGA7LRm.1

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04/08/2025

Tonight We MEET!

7pm Monday 4th August join our Safe Space Meeting.

Let’s hear how your weekend has been and how your Week has started.

Weather affecting Sales? Retail Crime? Staffing Issues? Family Issues? Anything goes.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82999641383?pwd=aJQFmieAijphhlpgu3z6LT0c6QRu9c.1

31/07/2025

Today we meet at 5pm.

We hope you can make it.

Please register with us to get emailed the weekly Zoom link!

Welcome to another week 🤍

We hope you are taking some time for yourself.

We have our Safe Space Meeting on Thursday at 5pm and hope to hear how your week has been.

If you would like regular reminders with the meeting link to your email please email us at Retailfamily@outlook.com

Pop it in your diaries for now!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89238701012?pwd=OvJoLOwLWyh45TSR8UiEAmpIvZhNa8.1

28/07/2025

🤍🤍

Keep those unpaid therapists in your life close… the friend who always knows exactly what to say and never judges, the coworker who can totally relate to everything you’re saying, the neighbor who notices when you need a boost…

They’re rare, they’re gold, and they deserve to know it.

Tag your important people below ❤️

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