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Do you love clothes and shopping? You may already spend a lot of time in boutiques, but nothing compares to the fun and financial rewards of having your own boutique.
About a Career as a Boutique Owner
As a boutique owner, you choose the products and you set the prices, and then open your doors to customers eager to snap up your latest selections and show them off to all their friends.
Boutique owners are insiders to fashion trends long before the general public. You will have an opportunity to use your creativity every day, from creating window displays to putting together a knock-out ensemble for customers who value your expert advice.
Retail fashion is a solid business, with constant demand for new clothing products created by fashion designers and the ever-changing whims of celebrities. And boutiques are chic - people value the personalized service and attention they receive, the cozy ambiance, and the unique merchandise that only a boutique can offer.
Guide to Become a Boutique Owner
If being a boutique owner sounds like the career of your dreams, the FabJob Guide to Become a Boutique Owner is for you! In this e-book you will discover how you can get started and succeed in the retail clothing business.
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Guide author Debbra Mikaelsen is a fashion industry consultant who has been working in the fashion business for over 15 years. She has worked with fashion designers, apparel wholesalers, garment manufacturers, and clothing retailers, so she knows this business from top to bottom.
For this guide she draws on her own experience in the fashion and retailing industries, as well as interviews with other successful boutique owners.
The guide covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to start a boutique business in the United States or Canada, plus helpful advice for opening a clothing store in any country. The guide includes:
How to Start a Boutique Business
Deciding what to sell in your boutique
Womens clothing boutique
Menswear boutique
Childrens clothing boutique
Choosing a specialty if you wish, for example some specialties in women's wear include:
Accessories
Business clothing
Casual wear/jeans
Formalwear and bridal wear
Lingerie
Hats
Maternity
Outerwear
Shoes
Sportswear
Swimwear
Special sizes: petites, plus-size, tall
Teen boutique
Yoga or active wear
How to create a boutique business plan
Choosing a name for your boutique
Start-up costs, including sample start-up budgets for low-end and high-end boutiques
Where to get start-up financing for your boutique
An overview of options for your boutique:
Buying an established boutique
Opening a new boutique
Boutique franchising
How to evaluate a potential location
Malls, strip malls, and stand-alone locations
The square footage you need
The neighborhood and business mix
How to obtain your boutique merchandise
Where to buy it from
How much to start with
How to create the right "mix" of clothing
Placing orders for each season
Managing Your Boutique Business
How to set your prices
Determining mark-up and margins
Strategic pricing techniques
Safely discounting merchandise
How to manage your staff
Hiring and evaluations
Writing a cost-effective staff schedule
Bonuses and commissions
How to handle your daily cash sales
Theft prevention methods
How to do a physical inventory
Effective selling in a boutique
Customer service techniques that work
Attracting customers through free publicity and advertising
Keeping customers loyal with the "little extras"
Hosting events like fashion shows, trunk shows, and sample sales
Plus you will find even more resources and advice, including:
Valuable samples including:
An explanation of what to put in each section of your boutique business plan with brief samples of each section
Sample start-up budgets for a small boutique and a medium size boutique
Sample merchandise and supply order forms
Sample boutique consignment agreement
Sample interview questions for boutique employees
Sample inventory count sheets
Sample staffing schedule and staff performance evaluation form
Sample new boutique press release
Checklists you can use to evaluate:
competing boutiques
neighborhoods where you're considering locating your boutique
retail spaces
How to get professional help to start a retail clothing store business
Ways to get your inventory for the least amount of money
A special section on selling bridal wear
And more!
How to Get the Boutique Owner Guide
You can have all this and more for an incredible price. It can cost hundreds of dollars to take courses on starting a business, and chances are they will not include specific information about opening a boutique business. The FabJob Guide to Become a Boutique Owner contains some of the best business advice you could get from other sources, plus much more.
The information in this guide can save you many hours of research, help you avoid some common mistakes, and give you information you need to open your own boutique, whether you want to start a women's clothing store, men's wear store, or children's clothing store.
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You can earn back the price of the guide many times over your very first day in business. Plus this guide can help you start your own boutique business and open a clothing store much more quickly and profitably.
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