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  1. Furniture Importing Business model
    1. Sourcing furniture from overseas
  2. Brazil

 

 

Furniture Importing Business model

 

 

What happens:

Furniture is made overseas, and imported into the USA

 

 

Keys to success:

Need to fill sea containers

 

 

Summary of expenses:

Container cost + packaging + importing fees + warehouseing + tradeshow + catalogs, etc...

 

 

Typical mark-ups:

Factory price + 30% for logistics + 35% for wholesaler markup (cover tradeshow, catalogs, salespeople, overhead + profit of 5-6%) = wholesale price

 

Wholesale price x 250% = retail price (that people normally pay at the store)

 

 

Example:

Factory price = $100 + 30% logistics = $130 to arrive in USA + 35% wholsale markup = $175 wholesale price x 2.5 = $450 (what you pay in the store)

 

So, if you see a table at the store that costs $450...then you know that the factory actually is making only $100. All the rest is going to store + wholesaler + logistics.

 

 

 

Sourcing furniture from overseas

I have added my notes to the Worldwide Outsourcing Directory for all to see.

 

 

 

 

Brazil

 

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