Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations

The fourth book from Peter Miller, this one a manual, of sorts, to the task and art of shopkeeping.

"There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette, and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along person to person. You learn to be a retailer, not by going to college, but by going to work. You learn from people who have learned how to run a shop."

The book was featured in a positive review by Daniel Akst in the the Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2024 "Selling in A Civilized Place" .  Excerpt: 

Whether or not we’ll need physical books
going forward, Peter Miller seems certain
that we’ll need shops. These are, after all,
not just purveyors of goods but anchors
of the streetscape and engines of
community vitality. “Shops are the
measure of a town,” he asserts in
“Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and
Observations,” adding: “When you are in
the city and when you think of the city, it
is the shops that best organize your plans.
You judge your civilization by them."

142pp, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2" illustrations by Colleen Miller.