Friday, January 16, 2009

Whats selling at www.rgriley.com

January started off slow and sales have been soft. In order to drive sales we have added 500 styles to our updated closeout list. Whats hot is off price and when I say off price I mean way off price. The closeouts have been generating a lot of traffic and have provided our customers with a great way to create promotions and generate sales. Cheap has been the number one word from our customer base. Our customers and subscribers are looking for great items at drastically reduced prices. Some of our customers are promoting fleece with the cold weather and others are stocking up on spring goods waiting for the weather to break or running early promotions.
In the closeouts area we have seen strong demand on the following 5 items:

The style numbers are links to the items on our online catalog. If the page is not found the style has been sold out. You will need to login to see registered customer pricing.

2300G Gildan irregular white pocket tees

653i0 Hanes boys irregular assorted color and white tee shirts

3900F Fruit of the Loom men's first quality fashion color tee shirts

HV005 Hidden Valley men's two pocket sweat pants

047xo Hanes men's first quality contrast stripe polo shirts.

While these may be the top items, some of our larger customers are purchasing 10 to 20 items at a time and running two for or three for sales at multiple price points.

In the area of transitional goods we have seen huge volume on our casual pants and our cardigans and jackets. These items are ideal for the early spring business and they have produced great results. The top styles in the transitional field are:

471x0 Missy Hanes French Terry 2 pocket pants

489i0 Missy Hanes French Terry zipper hooded jackets

005x0 Plus Hanes French Terry zipper hooded jackets

349I0 Girls Hanes French Terry Capri Pants

We have had several questions about the multiple assortments we have implemented for our newer styles. You will begin to see the assortments marked pack 1 assorted, pack 2 assorted, pack 5 white, etc. These assortments allow our subscribers to view the size scale of the cases and the colors included in the assortments for each individual packing. The customer is then free to purchase the size scale that is the best for there customers. While this is relatively new and will take about 6 months to move through the system we have already had a great response to this increased transparency. We hope to begin producing border scales and large size scales as we go forward.

Please make sure to add a comment or post a question and we will try to respond in a timely manner. If you would like to submit a private question or comment please drop us a note at sales@rgriley.com

RG Riley offprice apparel