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If you remember the post a few weeks back on the Pop Up Retail Store Concept New High Mart one of the founders must have caught wind and decided to join the discussion and added some pictures of the retail store and some of the garments that adorn it. You can see the original article Pop Up Retail Store Concept.

I will post some photos here but you can look at the full collection of them by clicking here. Only thing missing is an outside shot of the pop up store from a consumers point of view. Most of these pictures show off the inside and some designers work. Still the inside is very similar to an everyday retail store setup.

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Dobizo is now number 1 for the search term “Clothing Lines” on the number 1 search engine Google! Hopefully Yahoo will soon follow suit.

Dobizo is number 3 for the search term “Clothing Line”, but should be number 1 by the months end.

You can see the search results by clicking here.

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This is another Dobizo question and answers session from the Dobizo Answers page. You can post any question about getting started in the fashion industry and I will try to answer the question with an article within 24-48 hours or asap.

Terry says:

“Thank you so much for this site! It has been so helpful? I have a question: When you go to a trade show, how do you do purchase orders? I heard that people sell in bundle, etc but I?m not sure what the industry standard is?”

First off there is a little information about purchase orders in this article below:

The Store Order Process and Dealing with Buyers

If I understand Terry correctly I think he is asking how do clothing companies sell at trade shows as far as quantities and filling out purchase order forms so I will answer it according to those specifications.

From my experiences most clothing companies sell in either pre-packs or work their orders based upon garment minimums or open stock. In this article I will explain each of the forms of selling at a trade show.

I for one try and take advantage of every opportunity that is presented to me that will usually yield great results for minimum input and at least prove to be viable, but through running Dobizo a lot of nonsense does shows up in my inbox on a daily and I just click delete and scroll down.

We are looking to expand the Dobizo Network so that we can have a continuous flow of information pumping through our website as far as fashion news, shows, facts, or events are concerned.

If you read the post this morning about the Alpha Trade Show you should have noticed that it wasn’t written by me, but by one of our readers who received a link back to his site=free traffic. All he did was write the post and email me about his experience at the Alpha trade show and if your brand attended the trade show you could do the same or not….it’s your choice no commitment.

This is a guest review for Alpha Mart Trade Show which is a bi-annual trade event in Atlanta, Georgia at the Americas Mart.

Never one to shy away from an opportunity we attended this year?s Alpha Mart trade show occurring in Atlanta between October 14-17 2007. We?ve only attended one other trade show prior to that, so we were looking forward to the experience as well as the southern change of scenery.

It was located in the heart of downtown Atlanta at Peachtree Street, specific to Peachtree Center. Our focus was the urban menswear portion of the show which ran from Sunday, October 14 to Wednesday, October 17th. We registered and picked up our ID?s the day before, on that Saturday, and attended with the intentions of taking it one day at a time, so we did not rent a booth. The selected site of Alpha Mart, is a privatized building, sort of like a large mall, open to buyers and retailers throughout the year. The location was a nice size and urban menswear took up the entire first floor of the selected building. Many of the up and coming labels along with the established ones could be found there on the first floor. Located higher up on the twelfth floor, some of the more established urban labels maintained office suites for conducting business. They included Akademiks, Baby Phat, Ecko, Parish, Rocawear, Sean John, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. Many other independent fashion labels maintain location there in the building and cater to multiple markets which include women, children, etc, all for the purposes of fashion.

I was just writing down some ideas and speaking with some designers about the Dobizo Network and I know some of my best creations come from brainstorming with other folks about the situation at hand.

So what better way than to ask the people who I cater to the Dobizo Blog readers!

Let’s say you…yes you owned Dobizo Network the blog, forum, and the fashion network. What would you do to make it better or worse or just to change it to suit your needs?

We’re really serious about making this the destination for the fashion industry to connect, learn and share contacts and experience.

Please leave your feedback and opinions.

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There are about to be a lot of changes for the better on the Dobizo Network with the design, layout, and all around function of the site.

Everything from how the articles are wrote to when, where, why, and who they are wrote by. I want to make it as productive and useful as possible for all the readers. If you notice I’ve slowed down the posting the last few days mostly because I’m changing around some things and writing a plan for the future of Dobizo and thinking about bringing some people on board for the long haul.

With these changes we will produce more of everything from articles to Ceo Audios. I want to get to a point where we have at least one Ceo Audio maybe two per week. Articles will stay at around 6-10 per day, but with more detail and from personal experiences not from research and other articles.

Hot Kiss a juniors denim and sportswear clothing line has an internship position open to assist their sales executives in our New York showroom.

Not many requirements other than being articulate and well organized. Some of your task and job description:

• Organize Showroom
• Assist sales (be the right hand man to sales executives)
• Great communication skills (responding to buyers needs and answering phones)
• Work with Excel spreadsheets and Adobe Photo shop

This is for college credit or either you will receive free clothing. If you’re interested please forward your availability and resume to arsha@hotkiss.net

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This is a follow up to the Roles Within The Apparel Industry Part 1- Pattern and Sample Makers article series.

If you own a clothing line most likely you have a fashion illustrator in your camp whether you call them a graphic designer or a fashion designer usually they have more than this one task.

I guess at first I could’ve considered myself a fashion illustrator because at one point I took a liking to drawing and fashion was always part of my career plan, plus most of my first original designs started out as fashion sketches and illustrations…now most are started in photo shop from a simple idea. Fashion Illustration is not only accomplished by sketches but is also done with CAD programs (Coral, Photoshop, Illustrator). So being proficient in Adobe design programs would come in handy.

Fashion illustrations are not only used for design catalog’s but also for advertisements, magazines, newspapers, trend forecasting, films, brochures, and flyers. Many illustrators are freelance and work on their on time for many different businesses not all are directly related to the fashion industry they range from a manufacturer to an advertising agency. Earning potential starts at around $60,000.

Thanks to Thom the forum moderator for giving this definiton of ROT.

To The Nines Maternity asked the question :

What do the terms R.O.T. and D/R mean in the context of buying wholesale fabric? For example, a fabric header that I have says this:

Put Up: 20 yards D/R - 100/50 yards R.O.T.

Answer:

R.O.T : “Rolled on the twos” meaning it is a double ply roll. 50 yds double ply or 100 yds single ply. Header should also give width of goods. If goods are 30 ” wide, the roll contains 100 yds, or 50 yds at 60 “.

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This is another edition of the good, the bad, and the ugly from the Dobizo Forums. To the Nines Maternity wants to know what the terms R.O.T. and D/R mean in the context of buying wholesale fabric? For example, a fabric header that I have says this:

Put Up: 20 yards D/R - 100/50 yards R.O.T.

I have searched, but couldn’t find too much information on the net. One way is to call up your local fabric store and find out the answer. I was going to go that route, but thought this could be a little challenge for the readers of the blog. Does anybody know right off top? (Thom you don’t count lol just kidding)

Here are some of the other interesting articles from the Dobizo forums:

Do you always want the Highest oz. weight??

How can I access these Overseas Cut-N-Sew Manufacturers???

Understanding the beginning sample/manufacturer process

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Dobizo is hardwork no matter if many of you believe it or not. Many think I’m lucky to be able to write a blog, connect with people, and have company’s sponsor my website. In a since I am, but it took a year or so to get to this point.

I never started off thinking I would make money from writing articles, but the main reason was to help designer entrepreneurs not have to face many of the challenges and dead ends I face trying to start a clothing line. Many know if you ask most industry people advice they will give you the run around or only give you basic information, but none of their secrets or how to’s without any compensation to say the least.

I can tell you this as long as I keep getting comments like this I will keep writing articles and they can only get better. Many people leave me appreciative comments, but none have topped this one:

Great day for Mitchell & Ness after being acquired by the sports licensed division of the Adidas Group for an undisclosed amount. I’m sure it is north of $30-$40 million, but not much more than that considering they do hold many licensing agreements within the sports arena and was founded in 1904. Mitchell & Ness still has not made much noise since the coined “Throwback Jersey” phase that happened a few years back when they were going for $200-$600+ a jersey or shirt. The acquisition price also depends on what the specifics of the deal was and if any or all the executives over at Mitchell & Ness stayed on board or not.

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