G L EverineIs it possible to avoid closure all together? I am afraid not. The world of business is unpredictable by nature and I don't have a magic recipe that can give you a guarantee. My goal here is to challenge the thinking that a business follows a naturalpath from start to finish. Thinking instead in terms of phases that a business jumps between I hope to help business-owners to think this is not necessarily the end, but only a phase. By doing so encourage to search for creative solutions. Small shops play a much more important role than just being a shop. When a shop closes a part of the local society and its' soul dies with it. For more information about me look at www.creativebusinessbooks.com or www.creativebusinessbooks.weebly.com Read More Read Less