Once upon a time, I’d written a post about sewing contracts and a few about quality control (links at close). Those were fine as these things go but lately, I’m seeing a lot of silly advice on the web. I read a particularly bad post this morning that inspired me to clarify.…
A recent bit of misinterpreted advice going around is that buyers determine wholesale sales policies. In fact, said advice suggested that buyers should use their own sales forms when placing orders because a vendor’s sales policies don’t favor the buyer. Other than saying that both are categorically false, I have two fast responses to this (detailed below).…
As manufacturers, you depend on getting full price for your stuff but are you always aware of the interplay at retail? Think about it; how your partners in independent and specialty stores are faring should concern everyone including consumers.
Two recent blog posts highlight the problem, first was from the Robin Report in Derailing the showroom scare:
A recent [study] revealed that 70 percent of consumers ages 25 to 54 with smart phones use them to comparison shop, up from 62 percent a year ago.
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Following up on the first post, today’s entry discusses a consignment trend exemplified by a retailer I will call SA. This company has been selling young ladies apparel via the web for several years.
SA promotes an emerging designer’s program that sounds pretty exciting to someone who is just getting started but it is not without formidable and costly risks.…
Call it editorializing but it seems to me that consignment arrangements are evolving in truly draconian ways. It used to be that a designer and retailer came to terms and quibbled about replenishment, inventory shrinkage, shop worn goods and all that but the split was pretty standard (which I don’t like across the board, you shouldn’t do consignment).…
