Hi, Unregistered. | Today's Posts

T-Shirt Forums
User Name
Password

Need to Register?

Forgot Your Password?


Site Navigation




+   T-Shirt Forums > T-Shirt Selling > Business and Finance
This section of the forum is for discussing the business and finance issues of the t-shirt industry. Which business structure to use (sole proprietor, LLC, S Corp, etc), how to handle billing, where to register your business and get the proper licensing, etc.

Are brands considered wholesalers or retailers?



 
Share This Thread Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old October 16th, 2009 Oct 16, 2009 10:59:47 PM -   #1 (permalink)
T-Shirt Lover
T-Shirt Fan

DEPICTIVE's Avatar
 
You can call me: Jay
Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: Mililani, Hawaii
Posts: 26
Thanks: 12
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post


Default Are brands considered wholesalers or retailers?

If a clothing line wholesales to retail clothing stores as well as sell directly to customers through an online store, are they considered a wholesale business or a retail business? Need to choose one for my FEIN.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.us Tweet about this Post!
Old October 16th, 2009 Oct 16, 2009 11:58:39 PM -   #2 (permalink)
Forum Member
Be nice, this is my first post :)

EagerB0b's Avatar
 
Member Since: Oct 2009
Posts: 1
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts


Default Re: Are brands considered wholesalers or retailers?

you are both. you sell to retailers, which make you a wholesale business, and you sell directly to consumers, making you a retailer.

I have worked for big clothing companys, which were selling to retailers. So they were wholesale operations. But in the end they started selling to consumers in their own flagshipstores or, more recently, through the internets. But in order to do this, they would start a new retaildivision thus separating the two activities. They were basicly selling the clothes to their own daughtercompanies.

You are probably to small to do that . If you have to choose, I'd say you're a wholesale operation, if only since the biggest volume and turnover will be in the wholesale. (unless you start a multibrand store)
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.us Tweet about this Post!
Old 4 Weeks Ago Oct 18, 2009 4:07:14 PM -   #3 (permalink)
T-Shirt Lover
T-Shirt Fan

itsdawit's Avatar
 
You can call me: Dawit
Member Since: Oct 2009
Location: Bay Area, Ca
Posts: 23
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts


Default Re: Are brands considered wholesalers or retailers?

according to the state board of equalization you are considered both - just pick either one
__________________
www.ServauntCulture.com
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.us Tweet about this Post!


This is a discussion about Are brands considered wholesalers or retailers? that was posted in the Business and Finance section of the forums.

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Which colors are considered dark aokusman Screen Printing 6 July 10th, 2007 08:32 AM
would imageclip be considered as dye sublimation dodank Heat Press and Heat Transfers 5 June 2nd, 2007 08:00 PM
What is considered light? aries Heat Press and Heat Transfers 1 May 25th, 2007 03:44 PM
Desparately seeking wholesalers for specific brands rhetrospect Find Wholesale Blank T-Shirts and Other Imprintable Products 1 April 23rd, 2007 09:57 AM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:14 PM.


Copyright 2004-2009 T-ShirtForums.com. All rights reserved.