IO,
I own the shop outright and its just sitting empty so no worries there.
CHIP,
Good idea, theres a lot of sailing interest knocking about Edinburgh.
I know of the said club shops and they are not much more than a glass display with a few items of interest.
I could sustain shop front for public and have an online set-up in the back rooms with storage for stock items.
Most of you are right, buying is done online.
Its just an idea. I already have a business doing none flying related work but Ive always fancied a shop ever since visiting one on the GA Apron in Calgary. I just loved browsing and ended up buying loads of books I couldn`t get in UK.
I guess that getting the suppliers to back you would be the hard part.
Thanks for the comments so far, I am digesting them.