The easiest way to start a clothing retail business is to open a franchise outlet. Using the experience of your already successful colleagues in your work, you will be able to better understand all the nuances of this market and prepare yourself to then open a business that is already "one hundred percent" independent.
It is necessary
- - an agreement with one of the retail companies selling clothes on cooperation in the form of franchising;
- - a room for the equipment of a retail point of sale of clothes;
- - sales staff and accountant in the staff.
Instructions
Step 1
Choose the brand you want to use for your clothing store - there are a lot of potential fashion franchisors, so you need to choose the most suitable option for yourself. It's not only about taste preferences, but also about the conditions under which manufacturing companies or clothing suppliers offer a franchise. The difference, first of all, lies in the amount of the price that you will have to pay for the right to use this or that brand - some franchisors may ask for more than you can even invest in opening a store, others are interested in "promotion" themselves and set a minimum price.
Step 2
Send an application to the company you are interested in with an offer to buy from it the right to use its trademark in its activities. Find out again in all the details of the terms of cooperation and conclude an agreement. Your further steps towards organizing a clothing point of sale will depend on how much the franchisor considers it necessary to regulate your activities.
Step 3
Find the premises in which your store will be located, following the instructions of the franchisor or by agreeing with him in advance on the location of the future store. Most likely, the franchisor will provide you with a complete set of commercial equipment, as well as all the necessary elements of the point of sale design for your use. If you rent an area in a shopping center, then the number of organizational issues will generally decrease significantly - it will be enough just to agree with the administration of this center, without having anything to do with the inspection bodies.
Step 4
Find sales assistants who will serve customers at your point of sale. In any case, the selection of personnel will remain on your conscience, the senior partner can only help you with his training (in some chain stores there is a system of specialized trainings). Most likely, you will act as a store administrator yourself (otherwise it is difficult to get the necessary experience), but it is better to hire an accountant from among the professionals - it will be too risky to take on the solution of his tasks.
