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What do you call a company that sells clothing to
retailers
?
In the fashion industry, companies that purchase clothing from factories
for re-sale to RETAILERS generally consider themselves to be
Apparel
Manufacturers
. Why do we call ourselves manufacturers? According to my
1992 edition of the New Expanded Webster's Dictionary, a MANUFACTURER is
one who manufactures; owner of manufactory
.
If we own or work for a company that does not have
direct
ownership in
facilities that which
produce / manufacture
garments we should be
considered
WHOLESALERS
.
If you go to our MANUFACTURER section you
will find clothing FACTORIES.
If you go to our WHOLESALER
section, you will find companies that buy clothing from MANUFACTURERS and
then re-sell the clothing to the RETAILERS.
By the way, some companies do both
Yeah, that is confusing.
written by Apparel Search 1/29/03
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