Have you taken a walk along your local retail street recently?  Like many high streets across the country, you might have noticed a far-too common sight. And by this, we are talking about retail stores with shutters across their doors and windows, and other signs that they have been forced to close. Life has been hard for retail business owners, and this is largely thanks to the competition posed by online sellers and supermarket giants. Should you be thinking about opening up your own retail store then, it might be that you have cause to rethink your plans. And if you are in retail already, then you might be more than a little worried.  Still, failure isn’t an inevitability. You can improve your chances of success in retail, and we have some suggestions within this article. Read them, heed them, and then take the steps necessary to keep your business open. #1: Open in a central location If you are still in the planning stages of your business, this has to be of primary importance. To attract customers into your store, they need to know that your store exists. If you have positioned yourself away from the footfall of local…