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mwellsgarage

Original Poster:

24 posts

234 months

Tuesday 1st July 2008
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Thinking of starting a fashion boutique hoping to get some major brands( diesel, firetrap, lcaoste etc) on board. Nothing similar in my area and have no real experience in the industry just always been keen on fashion and have quite a keen eye for what is fashionable and whats not ha! anyway just looking for some pointers on how i would go about buying in these brands, is there a certain revenue level you have to reach before they allow you to sell their gear and what sort of margins am i looking at for a typical polo shirt, jean etc? any help would be much appreciated

The Moose

23,688 posts

240 months

Tuesday 1st July 2008
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See PM

m3sye

26,231 posts

232 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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Be good to see what your pm was as this was something I always said I would want to do one day...

Thats if you dont mind??

paulpsz008

463 posts

239 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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m3sye said:
Be good to see what your pm was as this was something I always said I would want to do one day...

Thats if you dont mind??
Me too!!
If thats ok?

Exigeowner

873 posts

232 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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haha we all at it, I would love my own clothes shop, include me too !

Jack Blag

941 posts

244 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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I did a simple website for these guys... they seem to be doing the same thing you're thinking about.

www.josiahs.co.uk

Simpo Two

93,010 posts

296 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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Hate to rain on your parade but if you're asking questions like that then it's not going to work. Find something that you DO know about smile

rich1231

17,340 posts

291 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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Simpo Two said:
Hate to rain on your parade but if you're asking questions like that then it's not going to work. Find something that you DO know about smile
Fickle market, high costs to open retail and have stock, no knowledge of fashion retail... yep a recipe for success for sure.

arfur

4,016 posts

245 months

Thursday 3rd July 2008
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A lot of people have this vision, its probably as popular as opening a restaurant. Both are recipes for disaster unless you have done your homework to the nth degree.

Even if you have, you won't really see any returns for a few years, so don't go expecting much of a salary.

At the moment retail is at a low, and likely to get lower. this might present opportunity in maybe 12 months as rents and fitting might see a drop. You need to pick the right timeto ride the start of the wave. Keep a close eye on reports from the big boys, m&s, next etc as they will be better informed as to when the wave is most likely to start.

I live in Henley, where I have a clothes shop. Its flat at the moment and staff have to work hard for every sale.

Two more henley clothes shops are closing this week, so if u are in the area, the field and auverne might have some deals.

That said, not good for the town, but can be offset by fuel price rises and people shopping locally.

Anyhow, if u want some scpecific questions answering PM me

cheers

arf