shoes supplier, lady shoes supplier, men shoes
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Get familiar with the brands and styles in your shoe market. Read books on shoe design and start-up business plans, and get industry secrets and know-how from "WSA Today" and "Footwear News."
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Create a storyboard, which is a visual representation of your designs that encompass a trend. This may be a trend you’re creating, or you may be following trends of designers that you like. A storyboard is typically made from magazine clips, notes, fabric swatches and initial sketches.
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Design your product. There is plenty of footwear design software to fit every computer literacy level. Browse the online stores for product reviews, and pick the software that suits you best. If you’d rather sketch your designs by hand, these can be even more persuading to potential backers, because they show artistic creativity, which is key to design.
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Create a business plan. To find a potential investor, you’ll need a solid five-year business plan, which includes market research, such as trends and competition, and ways in which an investor can invest.
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Create your look book. Do some research on look books so you know how to present something professionally, but don’t be afraid to get creative; creativity, after all, is the key to design.
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Get some business skills. Buy a couple of “how to” business books that include mock business plans, or enroll in a fast-track business course at your local community college.
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Decide which kind of shoe business you’d like to start. The type of shoe company you want to start will determine the initial capital and backing you will require.
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Look for investors who focus on new businesses.
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Find a manufacturer to have a sample product made. Most shoes are made in China, Portugal and Italy. Email a couple of different manufacturers and start a conversation.
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Get product samples made to help you show off your product and allow you to make final edits and changes to your shoe before manufacturing an entire line.
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Do some research and find out which trade shows receive the highest traffic. Sign up for the ones that seem most appropriate for your shoes.