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3 Ways to Buy Right For Your Boutique

This article will show you how to use data to buy at the right price for your boutique. While shopping at Dallas Market Center, The Boutique Hub’s Founder, Ashley Alderson, met up with Josh Orr from Streamline, a tech company helping retailers search out the right POS software, build websites, and manage ongoing tech support across all digital mediums. Together, they chatted about 3 ways Boutique Owners can become smarter

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Intrigue and Hanging: Out a Retail Industry Metric

In the wake of approximately 12,000 store closures across the United States, there are still many retailers that aren’t just surviving in 2018, but thriving, too. A retail industry metric you should pay attention to. What’s the secret to their success? GETTING SHOPPERS INTO STORES WITH INTRIGUE & A PLACE TO HANGOUT Retailers are having success using almost anything that keeps shoppers on their toes, suggests the New York Times. This could mean keeping

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Ask Your Clothing Supplier These 10 Questions

Welcome to part two of the Is It a Match? blog series! In part one, we covered how to find a clothing supplier for your boutique. In this blog, we’ll teach you the top 10 questions to ask your clothing manufacturer or wholesaler before contracting with them. These questions will not only help you vet potential suppliers to see if they meet your needs, but they might also get you

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Why Boutiques Fail

Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub and host of the Boutique Chat Podcast, sets off this second season with a solo episode addressing ways to avoid strategies that are counter-productive for your boutique. Ashley will guide you away from common mistakes and pull you towards reasons boutique

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Why you Need a Separate Phone Number for your Boutique and How to Get One in Seconds

Guest Blog  The vast majority of small business owners still use a personal phone number for business and chances are you’re one of them. Not only is it painful on a personal level, but it’s also very limiting to their businesses. The good news is that getting a business phone number no longer requires buying extra equipment or signing contracts, you can easily set it up through an app on

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A Boutique Buyer’s Guide to Success | The Boutique Hub | Frock Fashions

5 Tips for Working with a Buyer | Boutique Owner’s Guide

Guest Post: Jacqui Holmes, LA Fashion Concepts As boutique owners continue to grow and build stronger businesses, one of the first questions they battle is where and how to plan their buying in a way that creates the freshest product mix ahead of the market, but also, how to buy in the most financially efficient way possible. Today, the options for buying are vast compared to just a few years

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3 Ways to Buy Right For Your Boutique

This article will show you how to use data to buy at the right price for your boutique. While shopping at Dallas Market Center, The Boutique Hub’s Founder, Ashley Alderson, met up with Josh Orr from Streamline, a tech company helping retailers search out the right POS software, build websites, and manage ongoing tech support across all digital mediums. Together, they chatted about 3 ways Boutique Owners can become smarter

Read More

Intrigue and Hanging: Out a Retail Industry Metric

In the wake of approximately 12,000 store closures across the United States, there are still many retailers that aren’t just surviving in 2018, but thriving, too. A retail industry metric you should pay attention to. What’s the secret to their success? GETTING SHOPPERS INTO STORES WITH INTRIGUE & A PLACE TO HANGOUT Retailers are having success using almost anything that keeps shoppers on their toes, suggests the New York Times. This could mean keeping

Read More

Ask Your Clothing Supplier These 10 Questions

Welcome to part two of the Is It a Match? blog series! In part one, we covered how to find a clothing supplier for your boutique. In this blog, we’ll teach you the top 10 questions to ask your clothing manufacturer or wholesaler before contracting with them. These questions will not only help you vet potential suppliers to see if they meet your needs, but they might also get you

Read More

Why Boutiques Fail

Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub and host of the Boutique Chat Podcast, sets off this second season with a solo episode addressing ways to avoid strategies that are counter-productive for your boutique. Ashley will guide you away from common mistakes and pull you towards reasons boutique

Read More

Why you Need a Separate Phone Number for your Boutique and How to Get One in Seconds

Guest Blog  The vast majority of small business owners still use a personal phone number for business and chances are you’re one of them. Not only is it painful on a personal level, but it’s also very limiting to their businesses. The good news is that getting a business phone number no longer requires buying extra equipment or signing contracts, you can easily set it up through an app on

Read More
A Boutique Buyer’s Guide to Success | The Boutique Hub | Frock Fashions

5 Tips for Working with a Buyer | Boutique Owner’s Guide

Guest Post: Jacqui Holmes, LA Fashion Concepts As boutique owners continue to grow and build stronger businesses, one of the first questions they battle is where and how to plan their buying in a way that creates the freshest product mix ahead of the market, but also, how to buy in the most financially efficient way possible. Today, the options for buying are vast compared to just a few years

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