Anyone here in retail distribution?

[sassthathoopie]

I have made contact with a company based outside the UK who have a product I think I could market and sell very effectively here. It's a proven, niche consumer garment that will definitely sell to the same niche here, but that may well be attractive to a wider audience as well.

It seems they are looking for a one stop shop as far as the UK presence is concerned. ie They would want me (us) to organise all the warehousing and distribution as well as the sales and marketing.

I studied some Retail Geography at uni but that's about all my experience in the field. How hard is it to set up small, distributing one company's product range to small and medium sized retailers? Do your margins get squeezed ridiculously, are the overheads excessively high?

Is there likely to be any margin in it for me if I outsource it?

Is there anyone in the field who might be interested in a joint venture?

I appreciate these are difficult questions to answer without hard numbers. Just wanted to get a 'quick and dirty' impression of the market.

All replies very gratefully received

[christmc]

Hi there, i have some spare warehousing and currently operate an online retail store as one part of my business, if you would like to discuss id be more than happy?