Selling Clothes, is this legal?

[callumclarke]

Hi people,

I have recently been offered a part share in a company that sells brand name clothes, as you may already know i am helping a family member with his pub, is it legal to sell the clothes via the pub to people who come in? is there any law that I would be breeching?

 

[PrestigeShopping]

That won't look suspicious at all :/

 

[callumclarke]

So is it against the law?

 

[PrestigeShopping]

No, not against the law but I dont think it would benefit aither party.

If I walked into a pub and was offered say... a Ralph Lauren polo shirt the first things that would cross my mind is its stolen so no and this pub must be rough.

 

[callumclarke]

Yes i do see your point, and this was not to offer it any radom strangers, this was to offer the regular customers, that i know personally, to help build the base!

 

[PrestigeShopping]

Well that would work I suppose but wouldnt last long, unless you have a lot of regualrs. You based in the North? haha.

I dont really think the two ventures would work well together, could easily damage eachothers image.

 

[callumclarke]

Yeah that does make sense, based in the south in a medium size town, so i know alot of people here. I know the regs and they like to dress smart i am just considering to use that base. I wouldnt sell it via the pub, it would come via me. Just show people some of the clothes to see if they would be interested?

 

[Allan123]

Is this the same pub that along with these clothes, will also have naughty school girls in it and will deliver sandwichs to local businesses?

lol.. re-think is in order.

 

[Liybpg]

well, at least you are the first person who had though of this

 

[Astaroth]

As already has been said, you run the risk of making people think they are knocked off if you arent careful.

In the bar in our gym however they frequently have a series of tables or hangers set up with clothes and jewelry companies selling their wears. Now most are their own brands it isnt exclusively so. Cannot say it is successful for the vendors but the gym advertises that the jewelry people will be there every Tuesday and Thursday and as far as I am aware people arent assuming they are counterfeit. Of cause they have the advantage of being a national brand and so less likely to be inviting counterfeiters in to sell.

 

[Mike W]

As others have said, whether or not it is, it will look dodgy to say the least.

You could lessen it by having an official 'clothes party' night where you sell your goods and, at the same time, introduce the fact that they are available on an ongoing basis from you.

You could print cards/leaflets etc so that people can contact you and then periodically have another clothes party to remind them and introduce it to others.

You could even do 'spend £x and get a free pint/ bottle of wine etc'.

 

[philipmoll]

it is not against the law. but for my money, it would damage the image of this brand for clothes. the people who go to the pub just want to relax not buy the clothes. if you were try yr best to sell this clothes to the customer in pub, they would find yr behavior
is scandalous and not willing to come to this pub next time. in a long time, u would damage the image of this pub. so i don't think you should sell cloth in this pub.

 

[thetime22]

Not sure about selling clothes at a pub.

 

[callumclarke]

Ok to be honest you are probably correct, the pub will have a damaging affect and they will look like knock off, maybe running a night however i think a night could be use better for the profits of a pub, thanks for your views!

 

[mike.davis]

The third brilliant idea.

D.W.P?

 

[callumclarke]

You hit the nail right on the head there mike, well done, the fact you mention idea is exactly what this post was, an idea, for someone who clearly likes to have a pop at people ideas, well i do feel sorry for you my friend!

I hope all your ideas are so successful and brilliant that you don't even need to be on a forum, do you?

 

[mike.davis]

Everyone has bad ideas, me included - the difference is successful people recognise that they are bad ideas before going ahead with them or telling everyone about them.

You seem to get an idea in your head and instantly think it's a good idea, in other threads you've argued with people who are experienced in the sectors you are talking about (you are not).

If you or anyone starts a thread with a good idea, I will tell them it's a good idea, and usually a bad idea will get constructive criticism off me, when the idea comes from an arrogant inexperienced person who won't listen to advice - it won't.

 

[callumclarke]

An idea, is an idea, hence the reason i ask people on here. Just like this post i have taken people views and agreed it is not the right move. I do not always have to take the people views.

Richard Branson when thinking about setting up an airline was adviced against it from friends, family and people within the sector? I think he is glad he didn't take their advice to heart, right?

 

[mike.davis]

An idea, is an idea, hence the reason i ask people on here. Just like this post i have taken people views and agreed it is not the right move. I do not always have to take the people views.

Richard Branson when thinking about setting up an airline was adviced against it from friends, family and people within the sector? I think he is glad he didn’t take their advice to heart, right?

Lay off the business books

Richard Branson has good business acumen, and he was already a proven businessman when he decided to start an airline. You however are the opposite.

 

[callumclarke]

Lay off the business books

Richard Branson has good business acumen, and he was already a proven businessman when he decided to start an airline. You however are the opposite.

So there when he started up Student? When he was 15 and he wasnt a good business acumen, what was he mad?

Thats the end of this silly little debate, you dont know me, i dont know you, so thats the end

 

[Ryan T-Mobile]

Not worth the risk if you're at all uncertain. Make sure you get sound legal advice from any of the professional bodies that can help you out with this sort of thing.

 

[mike.davis]

So there when he started up Student? When he was 15 and he wasnt a good business acumen, what was he mad?

Thats the end of this silly little debate, you dont know me, i dont know you, so thats the end

No sorry it's not the end, because you don't seem to understand what business acumen means, you can't be "a good business acumen".

You don't know what you're doing and you are playing with other peoples money, at the same time ignoring experienced peoples advice.

You're arrogant and naive and if you continue to only listen to your own advice with crazy ideas like turning a pub into a sandwich shop then you will continually fail.

 

[infogreed]

don't do it. If you want to synchronize the two might very well make a broshure stand with catalogues of the clothes store, but anything apart from that would be a mistake. Do not approach personally the clients with sales in mind, you'll estrange them. Instead of accumulating customers for the new business you risk to lose the old ones of the former business.

 

[chrismiller]

Though you may not be breaching any law, you do run the risk of having people report you to the authorities on grounds of suspicious trading! Wonder how you would counter that!



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