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Title: business ideas in colombia (off-topic) Post by: fred757 on June 20, 2005, 04:00:00 AM The forum was discussing business ideas for Colombia before I left
for my Costa Rica vacation. Missed if that thread was fleshed out with ideas? I read how the person who operates the LaZona DVD store was pretty leading edge on his business idea. Also I read many months ago about someone who is importing the low-rise jeans to the states for internet retail. As I have not been to Chipichape in Cali since 2003 I do not know what the store scene is there. I did not observe a store in the mall that had good souveniers as in say Costa Rica. albeit there is not that many tourists running thru there. Also the mall had a pretty weak quality t-shirt shop that I really wondered what it's value to retail was. I'm not the duty expert on small business in colombia but I think if you focus on what they do/market badly and do it better then that might take care of the downside. I think with the internet a person could import colombian-made items (i.e. low -rise jeans/etc.) and market them in the US. that is not saturated in my opinion. Also another idea is maybe becoming a Manufacturers Rep for multiple US products and market them down there in South America. My question to other forum members is what areas/products that they have observed in colombia that need significant improvement that The business opportunity can be big picture as I do not need to know what kind of hotdogs your going to use at your hotdog stand- (I not trying to poach ideas I'm just curious as to what others think can be done better down there)? |