Clothing Boutique
Clothing Boutique: Independent fashion. A boutique is bought, not sold: the orders are placed two seasons ahead and paid for before the first customer sees…
Independent fashion. Buy well six months before anyone walks in.
A boutique is bought, not sold: the orders are placed two seasons ahead and paid for before the first customer sees them, so a bad buy sits on the rail until it is marked down to nothing. Size curves, returns and the online price of the same label are relentless. The shops that last are the ones where the owner knows what suits their customers and rings them when something arrives.
- Setup costs
- £40,000 to £120,000
- Competition
- Very high
- Category
- Shops & High Street Services
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