HORNET GEAR Phelps High School Student Store

MISSION  To start a school store that will provide Hornet merchandise that is unavailable to students at Walmart or unless by special order on the Internet or through small local businesses

NEED  We need to build school pride  Many students are not able to purchase Hornet merchandise unless specially ordered at local businesses, and these orders can take days or weeks to get

HOW  Our first step in starting the school store was to purchase the vinyl cutter so we can customize merchandise  We used funds provided by the school to buy basic products (cups, key chains, etc) that we customized by using stickers made with the vinyl cutter

BACKGROUND  Why the need for school pride?  We have been without a football field and baseball/softball fields for 5 years and school pride and support have suffered  Neither Walmart in Pike County carries Hornet merchandise like they do for all other schools in our county  Many of our students cannot go to local businesses to order/pick up merchandise  Orders are not readily available to them and can take days or weeks to get what you have ordered

BACKGROUND CONTINUED…..  How will this help build school pride?  Students can buy items for pep rallies and for “class wars”  Students will want to have items that their friends have  Why will people purchase from us?  Having Hornet items that the students can purchase here at school  Items that are immediately available = no wait time  Items that are affordable = value  Items that can be customized  Specials can be offered

WORKING TOGETHER  Building a business is not an easy task. It requires:  Teamwork  Willingness to compromise  Bringing ideas to the table  Doing your part  Dedication  Giving your all  Not giving up when something doesn’t work the first time  Ingenuity  Being creative  New product ideas  Sales pitch

LEARNING THE ROPES  Ask and you shall receive  Student surveys to determine:  Product types  Prices

LEARNING THE ROPES  Keep an eye on your sales  To help determine what products sell best  To help determine what types of products you need to push or put on sale  Profits! Profits! Profits!

ADVERTISEMENT  Table at lunch  Advertise sales with flyers  Use pep rallies and games to advertise products  Offer specials  Get students to promote your products

WORKING THE STORE  Student workers during lunch and break  We will have a merchandise table set up before pep rallies and at the ticket gate at home games

IS IT WORKING?  Since we have had a late start to our business, we cannot determine what our profits are at this time  School pride is building and an interest in the products we offer is growing

THE FUTURE  Working together with Shooting Star Merchandise, a company built through our student entrepreneurs at Phelps High School  They can provide some of their own merchandise for us to sell  We will buy the merchandise at a discounted price and sell for a profit

HORNET GEAR We can make shirts!

HORNET GEAR Christmas Ornaments available! Made EXCLUSIVELY by Shooting Star Merchandise.

HORNET GEAR Coffee Mugs are an exclusive Shooting Star Merchandise product.

THANK YOU FROM PHS!