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A Clothing Store Plan That Works
When starting a clothing store business, it’s not only necessary to have a keen sense of style or the knack for sensing the hottest trends that fashion world has to offer. A clothing store business is still a business, and businesses have been handled strategically for centuries. Though having those kinds of talents and skills can prove advantageous in this line of business, proper business handling and managing skills are still the most important part in starting a clothing store business.
Getting Ready for the Business
Though some of you may have thought that opening a clothing or apparel store business is a lot easier to manage than that of other businesses such as a restaurant, this kind of business must still be taken seriously. For some, this kind of business may mean giving up monthly salary, day-offs, paid holidays and vacations, and the opportunity for advancement.
Running a clothing store business is a full-time job. Running it is something that you must do in every day of the week, the month, and of the year. This is why before taking on the job of handling and maintaining that kind of work, you must prove that you are ready to take on its challenges and risks involved in this line of business.
Firstly before you even plan your business, you should first check on how good you’ll be in managing a clothing store business. Here are some questions to determine if you are really ready for this kind of business:
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Do you have the necessary experience in handling this kind of business?
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Do you believe on the success of this industry?
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Are you a specialist?
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Are you the competitive type?
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Can you take risks?
These questions are important because the success of this kind of business rests upon you and on how you can handle the business. I stressed the part of experience first because experience on handling this kind of business is very important. Having the knowledge on the processes involved in this business can save a lot of time and money on taking on special lessons on merchandizing and business management. I stressed risk last to give it more emphasis because risks are a common element when running a business.
Risks are one of the many reasons why businesses fail. But if you take risks as challenges not as a road block, you’ll see that things are just there to test you on how well you manage your business and how good you are in taking your business to the next level.
The Target Market
Planning about your target market is also important in many aspects. One of them is because of the niche your about to decide. Planning about your niche is important in this kind of business. Choosing a unique niche that no other businesses or a small amount of businesses have thought about can bring about success in this business. Though it isn’t necessary to create a new trend in clothing store business, but you should base your niche on the competition on your area. If there is a store that sells expensive clothing lines such as sean john clothing, house of dereon, or apple bottom jeans across the street, then selling clothes such as lei, or mudd, or gino green global can attract customers that can’t afford to buy clothes such as sean john clothing, or house of dereon clothing lines, or apple bottom jeans to your shop. Here are some things to think about the possible market that you can target with your business.
The Men
The male populations are what you’ll likely find to be an easy customer. The male consumer is often single and usually has money to spend, but they typically don’t want to spend it on clothes. They have to be dragged by their wives or girlfriends just to get their clothes. But then again, these kinds of customers still want to look good. But also because of the new trends of clothing lines for men today, majority of the younger years today, and some of the older ones, is now interested on getting their own clothes. So if you’re thinking of starting a clothing store business that primarily caters to the men, you should be able to provide them a collection of clothing lines that they would likely love to have. Here are some brands that they may want to have on their bodies:
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Clothing collections from sean john
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Caps from new era
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Enyce
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Makaveli
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Miskeen
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Meezan
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Gap
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Tommy Hilfiger
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Nautica
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Polo
The Women
The women population are the least that you’ll likely love to have as a customer, but these type of customers can bring in more profit if they are satisfied by the service and collection of your shop. Every one had agreed that the very first thing a prospective women’s apparel retailer must do is decide where the “market-vendor” gaps are. In other words, which customers in the store’s trading area will you serve, and what apparel can you provide that can’t be found easily elsewhere? Once you’ve determined this, you can buy accordingly. Here are the things that most women would want to have for their collection of fashionable clothing lines:
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Sean john for women
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House of dereon
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Apple bottoms jeans
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Lei
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Mudd
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Makaveli for ladies
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Enyce
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Miskeen
Business Policy
Planning about the policy inside the clothing store business beforehand is very important if you don’t want your business to go crazy in the middle of the process. A seemingly endless number of these “policy” questions will arise when you enter the apparel business, among them issues surrounding pricing, consignment, purchasing unsolicited products, credit, cash layaway, returns, special orders, damage, children in the store, credit cards, gift wrapping, gift registry and hours of operation.
The Location
In choosing the location for your business, you should consider some factors that may affect the success of your business on that area such as the economy, the area’s demographics, and the area’s population.
Here are some steps before opening your business on a location:
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Look at several locations before choosing your store site.
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Check into any local ordinances and zoning regulations that apply.
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Parking slots.
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Check out if the space is worth that rent.
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Define the selling point of your store’s location.
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Determine whether the location is an area of potential growth.
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Define your store’s space needs.
Employees
When hiring sales staff, sales ability and personality come first. With both of those traits upfront, you can always train your salespeople to track inventory and handle apparel. Hopefully, with that combination, your salespeople will also be able to deal with the everyday apparel pressures of customer personalities and demands that require a thoughtful combination of tact, persuasiveness and a sense of humor. You also want a person who is mature and honest, one who will not only help you move merchandise out the door but also one you trust to handle your cash and to keep careful and complete records.
About the Author
Jefferson John Babasa is the Senior Copy Writer working with Optimind Web Design and SEO, a web design and seo company in the Philippines. Optimind specializes in building and promoting websites that are designed for conversion.
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