| Shifting a clothing retail business to wholesale clothing | | | | per piece, particularly when it comes straight to the |
| business is one of the many approaches that | | | | manufacturer, the bulk in which wholesalers would |
| businessmen and women take when it comes to | | | | have to stock up are twice as many compared to |
| handling their businesses. Although retail business can | | | | those that retailers stock up. |
| be profitable, especially when the location is perfect | | | | Change 2: Customer |
| and the collection are always updated, the income | | | | Although some wholesalers would still serve the end |
| coming from a wholesale clothing business is still larger | | | | market or consumers, wholesale clothing businesses |
| compared to retail. This is obviously because | | | | would usually serve to other business establishment. |
| wholesale clothing usually does their business with | | | | Aside from retailers, wholesalers would also serve |
| other business establishments that usually buys in bulk, | | | | other wholesale clothing businesses, as well as |
| rather than in retail in which a customer would buy only | | | | exporters and importers. |
| one kind of product. | | | | Change 3: Location and Storage |
| Usually, most wholesalers today came from being a | | | | Having more stock would require more room. This is |
| retailer, which is why some wholesalers today still own | | | | the reason why some wholesalers would rent, buy, or |
| their a retail shop or two to provide cheaper sets of | | | | build store houses in which where they will store their |
| clothing compared to other retailers. These are, in fact, | | | | stock. Unlike retailing, in which stocks are usually hidden |
| wholesale clothing businesses that also serves the end | | | | away in the back of the store, wholesalers would |
| market. So what are the difference of wholesaling | | | | have to get larger storage spaces to house their |
| from retailing? What are the changes that retailers | | | | stock. Location, on the other hand, isn't as important as |
| should be aware of when shifting their business from | | | | those with retailers. This is because wholesalers aren't |
| retail to wholesale? | | | | usually attracting customers to visit their store, |
| Change 1: Capital | | | | because their isn't even any store to begin with. The |
| Changing from retail to wholesale practically means | | | | only thing that wholesalers would have to take into |
| changing the amount of capital that retailers would like | | | | account is the accessibility of their store houses from |
| spend. This is usually because wholesalers would have | | | | other business establishments, such as the |
| to deal not with the end market, but with other | | | | manufacturer and retailers. Staying close with these |
| business establish, most like are retailers. Because of | | | | business establishments would make it easier to supply |
| this, wholesalers would have to get more stocks, that | | | | retailers and to get new stocks from manufacturers. |
| usually would require more capital. Although cheaper | | | | |