Wholesale Clothing Basics

Get the bare essentials of wholesale apparel

Clothing wholesalers play a key role in the apparel industry and have an important part in providing products as a business-to-business service. They bridge the gap between the manufacturers who make the clothing and those that want to buy the clothing.

Clothing wholesalers find very large amounts of clothing and break it down into smaller, more manageable quantities of the product to be sold to other businesses. The goals for buying wholesale clothing include:

1. Buy large quantities of wholesale clothing at a time.

2. Get the lowest prices per piece from clothing wholesalers.

3. Find stable and reliable clothing wholesalers that will continually provide the same service and products in the future.

 

Use wholesale clothing distributors to stock your store

The most common reason to buy from wholesalers is to resell the product after mark up in a retail clothing store. Find reliable clothing wholesale distributors that offer products that are of the right style and quality for your store.
Try: Find wholesale clothing from online wholesalers like Apparelus.com, which offers a wide range in styles and prices. Find brand-named and designer clothing wholesale at Spclothing.com.

Promote your business with wholesale clothes

Buy wholesale clothing and have your business name and logo printed on them. Your employees can wear these items to represent your business, or you can use them as items to be given out or won at events for advertising purposes.
Try: Find many different styles and colors of blank clothing at GotApparel.com, which are available in small, medium and large quantities. See unique and stylish blank clothing and accessories for wholesale at Blankstyle.

Buy clothes wholesale to be used as uniforms or supplies

There are many businesses that can buy wholesale clothes to be used as supplies, such as a pottery studio providing art smocks, a catering company providing wait staff with bow ties or a day care center keeping kids dry at the water table with raincoats.
Try: Order uniform pieces of clothing wholesale at Best Buy Uniforms. Go to online wholesale marketplaces, like Wholesale.com, to search for specific products for your business.

Find the best wholesale clothing distribution channels

The style, quantity, and quality of clothing needed at wholesale prices will probably dictate the best distribution channels to use. You may buy wholesale from the manufacturer's sales rep, a wholesale distributor, an importer, or directly from the clothing designer.
Try: Order wholesale clothing directly from the importer at Avatar Imports. Register for a free account and search exclusive wholesale clothing directly from an independent designer at Bohemia.

 

• Consider all wholesale clothing basics when searching for your clothing wholesaler; consider style, quality, reputation and experience in addition to price.
• To get the best deals and most exclusive products, look for factory-authorized wholesale clothing distributors who have special relationships with the manufacturers.

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