I once caught a makeover show on cable TV that targets businesses. What the host does is look at the business, pick out what is going wrong (because the establishments they feature are either slumping or not earning enough), have the business close down for two days so they can renovate the whole place while the business owners and their staff get some pampering at an upscale salon.

One of my favorite episodes was the makeover of a Californian location. The host replaced the bar’s old bar stools with new, shiny oak bar stools that matched the new Mexican theme of the place. The host also got rid of the a lot of the “clutter” surrounding the place; that clutter was called “memorabilia” by the owner and the host had to pry some of the items from the latter. The result was a more inviting place, one that looks like the happy taco place the owner wanted to project, and no longer the dingy old neighborhood joint.