well a sign of the times 20% of tile shops will be gone by the end of the year over surply with to few custermers my advice to small independs is take a good look at your show rooms how many tile boards have you got sitting there you have not sold a tile off in years get rid of them there hiding what you do sell have a much smaller range and display them well and look for whats new as to many are selling the same old same old iin evrey tile shop what makes you stand out