[Bocaraton]

Hello Everybody,

I am seeking a partner, with marketing and retail skills/experience for a start-up project of creation of 100% french lingerie & cosmetics stores in the US.

I have a selection of several famous french Brands (of lingerie and cosmetics) still not sold in the US, and that will be exclusively sold inside our stores. (retail price for one lingerie set, from $50-60 to $110 and up - no upper limit).

I need a partner willing to invest +/- $80-100K in an ambitious project, hard worker, with good knowledge of the US retail market.

The first store has to be opened in South Florida.

Thank you.

[Bocaraton]

nobody interested??

[olonjuliet]

i am the sales director of olon .j pets enterprises we specialize in the sales of various pets mainly dogs and we've being into this business for over one decade now and we need a business partner who specializes in retails of pet,anywhere from the world.
contact me through me private mail. [email]olonjuliet@yahoo.com

[olonjuliet]

our pets are classical amongst other pet.

[ducriscorp]

olonjuliet i would suggest starting your own thread, you may get more specific responses to your situation!

[akula]

Originally Posted by Bocaraton

100% french lingerie .

I keep gravitating to this thread for some reason

can someone pleeeeeaase fund this fellow

sincerest thanks from me (and everyone at the office)

the world needs more lingerie shops

[Bocaraton]

Originally Posted by akula

I keep gravitating to this thread for some reason

can someone pleeeeeaase fund this fellow

sincerest thanks from me (and everyone at the office)

the world needs more lingerie shops

The world, and especially the US need more Lingerie Shops. Today, the american woman who does not like Victoria's Secret has almost NO alternative. My project is to give her this alternative, with french products, at affordable price.

Still nobody interested? Angels Investors are welcome too

Thanks

[akula]

hehe

god bless the man who invented lingerie (and it most certainly was a man!)

hey.....let me give you some feedback

if you go fishing for trout in the ocean, it is not the trout's fault that you don't catch any trout. It's your fault for seeking out freshwater fish where they don't belong

Right now, you're fishing for investors but you're waaaaaaaaay off in terms of picking the right place or method for your expedition

I do encourage you to ask questions about startup finance, and, if need be, what angels are, where/how they look for deals and what you can do to hook them in.

good luck!

:-)

[Bocaraton]

I am almost sure that if i find an Angel, it will be someone who has knowledge about the lingerie market and is already involved in this market.

The problem is that in the US, there are almost nobody interested in this market... Victoria's Secret has no competitors! And my experience shows me that Angels don't want to take risk until you can show them that you have at least one store doing good sales. And it is impossible to show them example of other stores which got success, because there are NO competitors.... But maybe they think it is crazy to want to compete with Victoria's Secret?

[akula]

Originally Posted by Bocaraton

I am almost sure that if i find an Angel, it will be someone who has knowledge about the lingerie market and is already involved in this market.

The problem is that in the US, there are almost nobody interested in this market... Victoria's Secret has no competitors! And my experience shows me that Angels don't want to take risk until you can show them that you have at least one store doing good sales. And it is impossible to show them example of other stores which got success, because there are NO competitors.... But maybe they think it is crazy to want to compete with Victoria's Secret?

well...you're right about one point and possibly somewhat mistaken about another

in 2006, there would have been made well over $100billion dollars in angel investment in US (the bulk of it in California, Massachusetts and new york)...approximately 10 times that of VC investment

now....the bulk of this investment was in the form of expansion capital transferred between friends and friends of friends. so you're right...your typical investor would be a semi retired lingerie retailer/wholesaler looking for tax deductions/ and/or diversification and/or a protege/successor

now, what you're mistaken about is "maybe they think it is crazy to want to compete with Victoria's Secret". there's nothing wrong with backing a company that seeks to get a share in a mature market at the expense of an incumbent

what is highly unlikely is backing a startup which seeks to compete in a competitive market without a competitive advantage. that's a problem that you have. most founders tend to assume that having some kind of differentiated/exclusive/interesting product is a form of competitive advantage

it isn't

simply put, you don't have a competitive advantage. what you possibly have is an interesting value proposition, but an interesting value proposition is certainly not something that wins market share.

you'd wanna look at scott maxwell's analysis to resolve this problem..

look, if you wanna get this venture off the ground I can talk you thought it, but it's certainly gonna require more effort from you than just posting some thoughts on some internet forum