Business can be a lonely game, but it doesn't have to be.

Welcome to Boutique Chat, where we explore community over competition and how to scale your company with the balance and the happiness that we all seek.

We'll hear from product-based businesses of all types, retailers, e-commerce, and wholesale brands,

along with industry experts shaping the future of our industry.

I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.

Okay, so you're headed to market.

And maybe it's your first time.

Maybe you've been there before, but you want to know the six most important questions

to ask your vendors when you go to market.

Here they are.

First question, do you zip code or territory protect?

Some brands do and will only allow you to sell certain styles or the brand as a whole within a

certain location if you're a storefront some brands are wide open and they'll

allow you to sell even though someone down the street does they'll also allow you

to sell online if you don't have a brick and mortar but understanding where the

brand stands is really important one is not better than the other let me tell you

but it's important

that you know the answer to this question to make sure it fits what you're looking for.

This is a really hot brand or really high in customer demand type of a brand. So do you zip or

tarotory protect? Second, what are your pack sizes? So you want to know, okay, I've looked at the price per item,

but how many of these suckers do I need to order at once? So if you're in apparel, this is also

important to note what is the sizing in the packs? So is this two smalls, two mediums, two

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