Product Description: FASHION ENTREPRENEUR, now in its 2nd EDITION, is essential reading for those planning to set up and run a successful business within the fashion and creative industries.This book guides the reader through the process of creating a fashion business (including online businesses); spotting and exploiting opportunities, networking to build a personal network of useful contacts, writing a business plan, branding and marketing, and how to manage a business on a day-to-day basis...read more

Got an Eye for Fashion? Be a Stylish Success! Are you a fashionista? Do you love working with people? Do you dream of owning and running your own business? Take a chance and start a clothing business-all you need to get up and running is your dream and this guide. Whether you're interested in selling today's hottest fashions or you'd rather start a specialty boutique, such as a children's store, bridal shop, vintage store, consignment shop or something of your own invention, this book helps you make it big. It gives you the inside scoop on starting a clothing store, including: How to spot trends and take advantage of them before your competitors do Valuable money-saving tips for the startup process Whether to purchase a franchise or existing business or start your dream store from scratch How to find, hire and train the best employees How to skyrocket your earnings by branding your clothes with your own private label The pros and cons of having an on-staff personal shopper And more! If you know how to dress for success, let Entrepreneur help you turn your fashion sense into a clothing empire.

Product Description: Are you a fashionista? Do you love working with people? Do you dream of owning and running your own business? Take a chance and start a clothing business—all you need to get up and running is your dream and this guide. Whether you’re interested in selling today’s hottest fashions or you’d rather start a specialty boutique, such as a children’s store, bridal shop, vintage store, consignment shop or something of your own invention, this book helps you make it big...read more

Product Description: What do you need to do in order to get those creative, hot ideas into a finished product, and into the stores? If you want to know how to start your own fashion company, Fashion for Profit has all the answers of these questions and more: How much money will I need to start my own business? Where will I find the funds to support my venture? What licenses do I need? How do I put a business plan together? How do I cost a garment and make a profit? How do I sell to the retailers?...read more

A comprehensive guide for the clothing industry to assist in analyzing the preparation of a cost sheet correctly, which will ultimately determine a profitable company. Sequel to Fashion for profit (2004).

Product Description: See what other sewing professionals are charging through sample price lists from Home Decor, Bridal, and Children s, Custom Tailoring, Alterations, Hats, Art-To-Wear and more. Learn how to obtain money for you business through a list of organizations and lending institutions...read more

Product Description: A sewing business must be marketed in a special way to earn a profit. The biggest mistake sewing professionals make is failing to market their business. The only way to gain success and earn a profit is through marketing. This book is designed for all types of sewing businesses and will show you how to: Get free publicity for a new and existing sewing business; make attractive Business Cards, Letterhead, Flyers, Brochures, and Catalogs complete with illustrations and examples...read more

Product Description: Do you sew for profit and want to take your business to the next level? This book is for you! It skillfully details how to earn income through the use of wholesale, retail and consignment while sewing for profit. It covers all disciplines of sewing from custom tailoring, home Decor, bridal, children s, and art-to-wear, just to name a few...read more

Product Description: Are you fashion forward? Do you love working with the public? Is it your dream you to own and run your own business? Then it might just be time for you to marry your fashion sense and your business sense with a retail clothing business...read more

Product Description: Pricing Without Fear: From cover to cover the book "Pricing Without Fear" takes you on an amazing journey showing you how to make money utilizing your sewing skills while pricing your services effectively to earn a profit. Author Barbara Wright Sykes shares a wealth of how-to tips on pricing your goods and services...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Combines practical business advice with the experiences of fifteen entrepreneurs to offer guidelines for starting and running a viable sewing business (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Maslowski, Karen L.

Product Description: Covers the basics -- start-up, bookkeeping, pricing, client relations, marketing, and selecting what equipment to buy.

Tells how to start a dressmaking business, and discusses business plans, location, financing, professionalism, organization, marketing, and expansion

A comprehensive manual on the management of a clothing store includes examinations of the selection of a location, financing, merchandising, salesmanship, advertisement, record keeping, and window displays