They are looking for interesting new innovative stuff. But generally speaking, on the corporate level they’ll buy for all of their stores. They usually have a corporate buyer who buys on a national level. What can I say about department stores in general? They are very similar to selling to any sort of other retail chain. Once you become a Dillard’s vendor they will buy more types of products from you I definitely recommend exploring a retailer like Dillard’s. I always like those types of retailers, because big store, lots of opportunity there, and a lot of your competitors aren’t thinking about selling to department stores. I hope that you put those types of retailers on the list, because a lot of your competitors aren’t thinking about putting their consumer electronics products into a department store, or anything beyond an apparel product in their stores. What you can sell to Dillard’s storesīut if you have all sorts of other products like sporting goods products, or anything else, you could actually sell to department stores as well. That’s my go to move”, which makes a lot of sense. Usually when somebody thinks about going after department stores, they think, “If I have a clothing product or I have a jewelry product or accessory product, I’ll go after department stores. They sell everything, way beyond apparel. Also the fact that they sell all sorts of products in their stores. A lot of your competitors aren’t thinking about selling to them.

I love Dillard’s because of the fact that they’re larger retailers. Again, they have hundreds of stores that they’re responsible for. What you need to know to become a Dillard’s vendor ” There are some other retailers that I don’t know about that I could possibly go after”Īny time I can help you figure out how to make money, that’s the purpose of these videos and what I do and so forth. I like to mention these types of retailers in these short videos that I create, because it helps some of you with your distribution strategy figuring out, I mention that because a lot of times when I’m teaching people how to get their products into big chain stores, people don’t know about some of the department stores that are massive, that have a lot of buying power, and so forth.

They have over 300-something stores that they’re responsible for currently in 28 states. Today we’re going to talk about a retailer that I think is important to mention. This is Karen Waksman, founder of Retail MBA.

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