how to start a boutique garment shop?
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Welcome to the very First Garments Textile Group.  GarTex@Yahoogroups is a Largest Online searchable business (B2B) directory & yellow pages of India which has Indian & Foreign companies maintaining the list of Indian exporters, importers & service providers, foreign exporters, importers & service providers.\nVisit:- \nhttp://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/GarTex/
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You can either \n\na. start your own retail store with your brand\nb. sell them to retailers\nc. participate in trade shows\n\nThe article "Starting a Shoe Retail Store" can give you some pointers on how to go about starting this business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol136/shoe.htm\n\nA shoe store business is not something you can start without capital and without access to credit. Loving shoes is one thing; but owning a shoe store is another. You need to have capital in order to provide for the following cost expenditures: leasing a store (the cost of which will depend on the size, design and location), displays and racks, backoffice furniture and shelving, inventory selection, business licenses and permits, insurance, marketing, and many more.\n\nTo get ideas of the latest footwear styles and to develop contacts and find suppliers in the shoe retail industry, it is important that you attend any or all of the important trade shows in this industry (participation of which also depends on the availability of resources for your travel, accomodation and trade show fees):\n\n- World Shoe Association http://www.wsashow.com/ the largest and most comprehensive footwear and related accessories event \n- Magic Marketplace http://www.magiconline.com - mainly apparel and accessories, though includes footwear as well\n- Fashion Footwear Association of New York http://www.ffany.org - largest shoe show in the East Coast\n- Shoe Market of the Americas http://www.smota.com - held 3 times a year in Miami\n- North American Shoe and Accessories Market http://www.northamericanshoe.com  - the 10th largest shoe show in the world\n- Los Angeles Shoe Show http://www.californiamarketcenter.com... \n- Southwest Shoe Expo http://www.southwestshoeexpo.com... - held 5 times a year at Dallas World Trade Center \n- Chicago Shoe Expo http://www.chicagoshoeexpo.com - a small regional trade show held 4 times a year in Chicago\n- Micam Shoevent http://www.micamonline - international trade show for medium to high end footwear held twice a year in Milan\n- GDS http://www.mdna.com - the premier shoe event held twice a year in Dusseldolf, Germany\n\nWhile you are getting your plans together, you may also want to check out the following Trade Associations for more information on this business: \n\n- National Retail Federation http://www.nrf.com \n- America Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/... \n- Electronic Retailing Association http://www.retailing.org \n- National Shoe Retailers Association http://www.nsra.org/
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city/local ordinances stating what sort of businesses can operate in the building/area you want to open your shop.  also, you may need licenses - fire marshall, safety inspector, etc.  you also need to fill out tax forms with the state.  my suggestion would be calling both state and local governments and ask tham what steps you need to take as a lot of it depends on where you live.
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garment Import.If u r interested then contact at sophy_panda@yahoomail.com or stuti_nayak@writemail.com
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You are still very young, and there is so much to learn about the business. I suggest you continue to hone your design skills and start learning of the ins and outs of the fashion business.\n\nYou may want to read the free article "Starting a Clothing Line Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/clothing.htm . It contains information on how you can get started in the apparel business.\n\nIf you want in-depth information, you can read the following books:\n\n- The Official Step by Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line Start Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) \n- Apparel Manufacturing: Sewn Product Analysis \n- The Business of Fashion: Designing Manufacturing, and Marketing \n- The World of Fashion Merchandising \n- Made in America: The Business of Apparel and Sewn Products Manufacturing \n- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing \n- Fashion: From Concept to Consumer \n- Fashion Merchandising and Marketing \n\nThe following Associations also can give you information on how to get started in this business\n\nProfessional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com \nAmerican Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/ \nWorldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/ \nAmerican Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/\nNational Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/ \nFashion Group International http://www.fgi.org \nApparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/
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You might want to start by contacting the manufacturers of the shoes and clothing and ask them their criteria for allowing someone to become an authorized dealer of their products.  If you don't have a business plan, yet, you might want to consider drafting one soon, as they will likely want to see such a plan before they commit to anything.  Good luck with your venture.
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Hello:\nIf you are sure that this would be a viable businesses in your area. I would create fliers and business cards (links below for lost cost options) and target families that have 2 working parents.  Give them a cost analysis of using your services to complete ironing for them as opposed to taking it all to the dry cleaner or hiring a housekeeper.  Also the elderly may be a target market, you could also possibly approach your local coin-op laundry's, ask them if they offer this service and if not ask them if perhaps they can include your card or flyer with their customers bill.  My local coin ops have a pay per pound service to have my laundry done for me, but the only one that will iron is the one that is attached to a dry cleaner (very expensive).\n\nYou may want to add other services as well (if you cant do them, maybe you can co-op with other people in your area) like sewing, alterations, laundry, errands etc.\n\nCheck out the other links, one is a forum of small business owners, they have a lnk on the left to ask questions and you can look through or post.  The other is Inc magazine, many many great articles on business. Click on "small business" "Start ups" or typr in your business and see if any articles come up.\n\nGood luck
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Here are some information and books on how to start a quilt shop business:\n\nhttp://www.apqs.com/quiltbiz.htm\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol110/handicraft.htm\nhttp://www.quiltingbusiness.com/machinequiltbiz.htm\nhttp://www.imqa.org/businesses.htm\n\n- Professional Machine Quilting: The Complete Guide to  Running a Successful Quilting Business (Paperback) \nby Carol A. Thelen \n- Make Money Quilting by Sylvia Landman\n- Pricing Guidelines for Arts & Crafts: Successful, Professional Crafters Share Their Pricing Strategies to Help You Set Profitable Prices for Your Arts & Crafts \nby Sylvia Landman \n- Making Your Quilting Pay for Itself by Sylvia Ann Landman \n- Quilting For Fun & Profit (For Fun & Profit) \nby Sylvia Landman
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I just answered a question similar to this one, You can find a plenty of sources on line however, if you have considered on line business or catalogers that sells clothes and lingerie you might be a step close to reach your goal in success, I had a job once as an intern with the top selling catalogs company in Germany (Otto). It was a great experience to me as I was responsible for that area sales and marketing.I have learned so many important things including selling and buying techniques and how it is important for a person to understand the consumer requirements.\nThere are two key needs here:\n\nThe first is to build up a detailed profile of your client -their personality, what they do and don't like, the social circle in which they mix and the sort of clothes in which they feel comfortable.\n\nThe other is a detailed knowledge of fashion. Buy all the magazines and keep in touch with what is in and what is out for each season.\n\nBy combining these two and appearing knowledgeable, then offer some free consultations to friends and family. Ask them to recommend you and by word of mouth you should start to get some paid business.
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Start with something you or someone you know already own. \n\nI started a business making leather goods with only $300 investment. I already had most of the tools and supplies but I needed a wider range of leather. My first time selling netted $700 profit and I still had 3/4 of my supplies left. I turned it into a $80G a year business in two years.\n\nOne important factor in creating a business is passion. You have to love what you do.\n\nFrom a cleaning service (everyone has enough supplies to do at least the first house or two..then you reinvest your money to grow), to house painting (more supplies but can be bought at dollar stores for the first house), and the list goes on.\n\nI have built and sold 7 businesses in my life and am on business 8. Don't feel that once you start, thats where your stuck forever. Feel free to learn and grow with life. Get the book "Who moved my cheese" to help you learn how to move through tech changes.\n\nTake a piece of paper and draw a page sized T on it. The right side is cons the left is pros. Write your abilities down on the pro side then pencil in the cons to having a business doing that ability. You will find one or two strengths to work on.\n\nOnce you find what you want to do, find someone who is doing it and ask some questions. You will need to know how long it took to become established. Does the business support them and or their family. Do they like what they do. If not, why.\n\n2 out of three privately owned businesses fail the first year. They tend to work best when you have another job the first year or even two so you can reinvest your money to build the business. Its hard work but worth it if it makes you happy.
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The article "Starting a Shoe Retail Store" can give you some pointers on how to go about starting this business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol136/shoe.htm . \n\nA shoe store business is not something you can start without capital and without access to credit. Loving shoes is one thing; but owning a shoe store is another. You need to have capital in order to provide for the following cost expenditures: leasing a store (the cost of which will depend on the size, design and location), displays and racks, backoffice furniture and shelving, inventory selection, business licenses and permits, insurance, marketing, and many more.\n\nTo get ideas of the latest footwear styles and to develop contacts and find suppliers in the shoe retail industry, it is important that you attend any or all of the important trade shows in this industry (participation of which also depends on the availability of resources for your travel, accomodation and trade show fees):\n\n- World Shoe Association http://www.wsashow.com/ the largest and most comprehensive footwear and related accessories event \n- Magic Marketplace http://www.magiconline.com - mainly apparel and accessories, though includes footwear as well\n- Fashion Footwear Association of New York http://www.ffany.org - largest shoe show in the East Coast\n- Shoe Market of the Americas http://www.smota.com - held 3 times a year in Miami\n- North American Shoe and Accessories Market http://www.northamericanshoe.com  - the 10th largest shoe show in the world\n- Los Angeles Shoe Show http://www.californiamarketcenter.com\n- Southwest Shoe Expo http://www.southwestshoeexpo.com - held 5 times a year at Dallas World Trade Center \n- Chicago Shoe Expo http://www.chicagoshoeexpo.com - a small regional trade show held 4 times a year in Chicago\n- Micam Shoevent http://www.micamonline - international trade show for medium to high end footwear held twice a year in Milan\n- GDS http://www.mdna.com - the premier shoe event held twice a year in Dusseldolf, Germany\n\nMy advice is to either save up for more capital first or find an investor willing to support your venture. A retail store, whether you like it or not, has LOTS of overhead -- from rent, electricity, salaries of employees, etc.\n\nGovernment grants are typically not available for for-profit ventures such as a shoe store (check http://www.cfda.gov and http://www.grants.gov to see if there is a single one that offers grants for your planned project - there's none). For SBA loans, you may want to check their low-cost loan products available http://www.sba.gov/financing \n\nWhile you are getting your plans together, you may also want to check out the following Trade Associations for more information on this business: \n\n- National Retail Federation http://www.nrf.com \n- America Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/... \n- Electronic Retailing Association http://www.retailing.org \n- National Shoe Retailers Association http://www.nsra.org/
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You may start by reading the article "Starting a Clothing Line or Apparel Manufacturing Business" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/clothing.htm  . The article contains information on the startup steps, knowing your market, how to enter the market, the question of production and financing the business\n\nFor in-depth information, you may want to read the following books http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/clothing/clothing.htm :\n\nThe Official Step by Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line \nStart Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) \nThe Business of Fashion: Designing Manufacturing, and Marketing \nThe World of Fashion Merchandising \nSo You Want to Work in the Fashion Business? A Practical Look at Apparel Product Development and Global Manufacturing \nThe Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing \nFashion: From Concept to Consumer \n\nYou may also want to check out the resources of the following associations:\n\nProfessional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com \nAmerican Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/ \nWorldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/ \nAmerican Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/\nNational Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/ \nFashion Group International http://www.fgi.org \nApparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/\n\nFor warehouses for sale, check the local newspaper, online classified ads and businesses for sale websites.
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Try the local clothing companies in China.\nI heard they are looking to expand in Latin America.
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If it was me I would contact the Fashion Institute of Technology and Design in New York City.  Better know as FIT.  They have great resources for new designers and clothing stores.  They will be able to tell you who to contact.  Also look for a list of all wholesalers in the New York area.  This is where you can get some great ideas.  If that fails send a message to the following e-mail address to get more info. stkbizguy2004@yahoo.com.  You will be able to get a more personalized service and some good advice that way.
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If you want to be up and running ASAP:\n\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
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set up an e-commerce store. Not just E-Bay. Build your own website and start a business selling art,surplus supplies from your local retail stores...Your own candy...craft...bread...clothing...handbags...information about subjects you are passionate about and have knowledge of....
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wow...  how to become a store...\n\nstart hanging merchandise on yourself?