How do you start a clothing business/fashion line?

Branding your clothing line? How do you start a clothing business? How much do buisness owners earn? How much do clothing line owners earn? How much does id cost to start a clothing company? How much does is cost to start a clothing line? How much does it cost to sart a clothing line? How much does it cost to start a shoe line? How much it cost to start a clothes line? How much to start a clothing line? If you have your own designs for a line of children%26#039;s clothing where can you have it made? Start a clothing line? What is need to start a clothing line? What is the minimum investment to start a clothing line? What kind of money will you need to start a clothing line?

How do you start a clothing business/fashion line?
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Reply:Clothing is an incredibly difficult industry to profit from. You will have to do research to find all of your costs. Where will the clothing be manufactured, are you planning on designing everything yourself? Where will you be selling these clothes? You need to research all of these things. Most clothing companies suffer huge losses for the first 5 years of operation, in fact clothing lines have the second highest degree of failure from startups (#1 is restaurants). You mention that your target audience is children, are you ready to make entire lines of designs four times a year? You need to have your line ready to sell at least one sometimes two seasons in advance. You may want to start out by finding a local screen printer and making shirts based off your designs, that way then try selling locally. It looks easy to start a clothing line when you see celebrities opening them left and right, but remember they have millions at their disposal. So what you need to look at first is the supply chain.


If you are designing the clothes yourself, if so are they designs in a format the manufacturer can use?


Which textile company are you going to use, are they going to put logos, designs on themselves or is a seperate company going to do it? Do you need screen printing or embroidery on top of that? How will the clothes be delivered to you? Where will they be stored once you have them? Who will sell your clothes? How will you get them to the stores? How do you get paid from the stores?





It all sounds very negative, but these are just things you have to overcome, one step at a time. Build quality relationships with the whole supply chain and all of your kindness will come back to you on your product from design to market. Good luck!!
Reply:O.K. Here it goes. Just a few things to keep in mind.


First you need to know how much is the cost per unit.


$5.00 a unit??? does it include hang tags, company label, price tags, bar code and polybag.


Will it be shipped all together or will it be boxed by style, size or combination of both.


Then you need to add your shipping cost.


the cost manufacturing company will charge to ship items to you.


Freight or airway?? (FOB) airway is more expensive but you will get your items quicker.


Then there is customs duty.


Depends on the fabric and customs code.


Usually $16.5% of the invoice. but can go up to 19% depending on the country you are importing from.


If you are ordering more than $2,000 you will also, need a broker as customs will not release your items without an entry on invoices more than $2000 and a broker will provide the customs entry forms as well as making sure your order is released from customs.


So, you will need to add $150-$200 for brokers fees.


See http://www.cbp.gov for details.


Then you will have to add expenses....


Cost of internet service if you are selling on line.


Cost of electricity, etc...etc... (Cost of running your company)


Cost of storage if any.


Payroll (paying employees if any or paying yourself)





You get the picture.





I hope that this has helped.


If you have any questions we are happy to help as we were exactly were you are now a couple of years ago.





Mr. Soba


President %26amp; CEO


SOBAWEAR, LLC


http://www.sobawear.com



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