Legal Effects upon Businesses - Currently, I won an online women's accessories boutique and am looking for a storefront. Because of the numerous laws that affect consumer safety, there is a large potential impact on the type of storefront I find, not just for consumer safety, but for protection of the business, privacy issues, convenience issues, and of course, the ability to service customer needs.
First, there are access laws, meaning that anyone should be able to enter the storefront. This means that both the store and the access needs to be wheelchair accessible; so the aisles must be of a certain size, the changing rooms must have appropriate bars and access, and the restroom must be handicapped equipped. This can result in considerable expense unless it is included in the build-out with the landlord, and depending on the State we decide to use for brick and mortar operations, local restrictions as well.
Additionally, in a clothing store, we must have changing rooms for clients. In contemporary culture, though, people are very privacy conscious and need to feel like their environment is safe. This requires doors or locations that allow for that privacy to occur as well as the convenience of the client -- but at the same time, discourage shoplifting and allow for store security. In the same light, many customers use credit cards now, and need to know that any personal information we keep must be secure. If we keep a database of clients so that we can send out newsletters, for instance, we must protect that data by having a secure firewall, and personal financial information should not be stored. The credit card machine should print out only the last 4 digits on the receipt so the safety of the consumer is assured.
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