Friday, January 24, 2014

It's time to mix it up

We have been thinking about mixing it up a little. One of the things we are going to do is really ramp up our website. Also we decided to start doing wholesale.

Now wholesale is a whole different kettle of fish. You need a showroom to have clients come in and buy your line. It has to be in the garment district or at the very least in Manhattan. So we got a real estate guy to set up some appointments for some showroom space.

What is really crazy is that Manhattan real estate prices are somewhat reasonable compared to what is going on in Brooklyn. Brooklyn has become the hottest place in the city. If not the nation. So many poseurs and douchenozzles want to move in. The editor of Vogue lives here. Fucking Captain Picard lives here.

It is all about supply and demand. There are so many spaces in midtown compared to the low rise of Brooklyn that the cost is going down. So many companies have gone out of business because of the Obama economy that we saw a bunch of spaces. This one looked good.
We are looking so that we can facilitate the move to Florida. If I have a showroom I can leave it and just come into town during market. You know when people come to town to buy. I can set up salesperson to work while we are not there.

It is a work in progress.

10 comments:

windbag said...

Man, I hope that works out. If there is a silver lining in this eight year hell called the Obama administration, it's the opportunities that have been created by this economy. I've been looking around our little town to see what's a bargain right now. There are businesses to start and bargains to buy right now, if you have the cash. So, again, I hope you get some good deals and the wholesale angle is profitable.

Trooper York said...

Thanks. Fortune favors the brave. We have to shake it up now. I can go on and on piddling along or I can try for something better.

Bigger and better.

windbag said...

Doesn't hurt to swing for the fence every now and then.

ndspinelli said...

I like the plan a lot.

blake said...

Yeah. I like the plan.

MamaM said...
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MamaM said...

Good lighting? It appears so. My first thought when I saw the first pic was that you'd emptied the Valise, before realizing it was taken someplace that was not ground level.

Michael Haz said...

We're set for another round of retail implosion. The Christmas shopping numbers were way low, and the bigs are already laying off employees, cancelling hiring and expansion, and closing marginal outlets.

More free space is coming, and those holding empty space know it.

Make a deal.

ndspinelli said...

Yeah, Jew them down. Don't get gyped.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

That space looks nice enough to rent and live in.