misssakura
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I researched clothing production a few years ago (when I was out of work and coming up with more business ideas than were good for me XD). The t-shirt design, fair trade cotton and european manufactured (for example) made up roughly 30% of the price. The distribution then made up 10. Then a huge chunk, was actually from the rent of the building. In some cases this can be higher. Designer brands often rent in the most expensive places and the markup has to reflect this, which also addresses the question of service, if a store is in the centre of the town, in the nicest shop then it is easy to get to, easy to browse and overall accounts towards the overall experience.
That is why, for the mostpart, T-shirts that are sold online do not have such a big markup, because they are only having to pay for the out of town warehouse/storage and not the central store front.
That is why, for the mostpart, T-shirts that are sold online do not have such a big markup, because they are only having to pay for the out of town warehouse/storage and not the central store front.