Use the Fashion Business Hub to find practical wholesale clothing resources for UK boutiques. Choose the task you are working on below: planning a launch, checking a buying decision, pricing stock or preparing garments for sale. Each link takes you to an existing guide with a worked example, checklist or record you can adapt.
These are reading guides and copyable worksheets within the articles, not downloadable software or a promise of business results. Keep your own product details, costs and decisions in your working records. Check current product information and the relevant policy before placing an order.
Plan your boutique and buying requirements
- How to start a boutique in the UK: work through the trading model, setup questions, quote-led budget and launch-readiness checks. Start here if you have not yet defined how the business will operate.
- Write a wholesale clothing buying brief: turn customer questions into checkable garment requirements. Separate missing product information from a genuine gap in your range before looking for new stock.
Check an order before committing your budget
- Understand minimum orders, pieces and packs: distinguish an order-value rule from the selling unit of a particular product, then record quantities and the total outlay.
- Check autumn layering combinations: compare sleeves, fastenings, lengths and fabric information across the exact layers you intend to buy. Separate observed compatibility from assumptions based on photographs.
- Calculate wholesale markup and gross margin: use a consistent VAT basis, distinguish contribution from net profit and test an illustrative markdown scenario. Replace the example inputs with your own costs.
Receive stock and prepare accurate listings
Choose the record that matches the job. A parcel count, a sample measurement and a garment concern are different checks; one does not prove that the others have been completed.
- Check a wholesale clothing delivery: match the received styles, colours and quantities to your order and organise the receiving record.
- Record a garment concern: identify the sample, describe the location and observation, and connect clear photographs to the right item. This is not a formal quality certification.
- Create a garment measurement sheet: record the sample, unit and tape endpoints so another colleague can repeat the check. It is not a universal size chart or a fit guarantee.
- Prepare a boutique product listing: bring verified descriptions, colour options, measurements and photographs together before making the item available to customers.
Count existing stock before buying more
- Plan a boutique stocktake: define the count cut-off, locations and stock movements, then investigate differences without double-counting sets or reservations.
- Decide whether to reorder boutique stock: review sales, remaining colours and sizes, stock cover and the cash available for another purchase. A sold-out option is a reason to investigate, not an automatic reorder instruction.
Keep current policies beside your working notes
Use the live policy pages for the terms that apply to a Catwalk order: trade terms, shipping information and the Returns and Refunds Policy. For supplier photographs, check the image-use policy before reusing an asset.
The guides help you organise decisions; they do not replace those policies, individual product specifications or professional advice where needed. When using a worksheet, record the exact product or order, the source and date checked, unanswered questions and the person responsible for the next step. Keep customer contact details out of general buying notes.