Monday, February 23, 2009

February 23rd

The off price show was extremely busy with customer traffic being at the highest level we have seen in years. We continue to see an increase in new customers as people move from regular price goods to off price special buys. The main comment we heard through out the show was that off price was the only price selling. Traffic remained heavy the entire show and probably ended to early as we missed a lot of opportunities on last minute customers arriving from Magic.

The trend at the show was to purchase either really cheap closeouts or high value styles. On the low end side we sold items were the goods could be retailed at extremely low prices and provide great margins like our intimate products. These styles are being liquidated between .65 cents and $1.00 for the zip hood. We continue to reduce prices on many of our styles to keep the inventory moving.

The same customer was also buying better goods were the quality and the price provided true value to the consumer. The men's beefy tee styles in the pocketed and non pocketed silhouette's were probably the strongest items we had in the booth. Click on the Style number links to view these items: 85260 and 85270 in the pocketed version and style number 85210 and 85220.

Lastly the trend at our booth was for immediate goods. Our customers needed goods fast and wanted to make sure we could get them shipped as soon as possible. Many of our orders started shipping on Monday only the second day of the show.

We would like to thank every one who attended the Off Price Show and for making it such a huge success this year. We will be at the ASD/AMD show in Las Vegas this March. For show dates and booth numbers click here. If you do not attend the shows the Internet is a great way to stay up with our pricing and inventory. You can see RG Riley at www.rgriley.com.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

February 10th

Warmer weather across the Midwest, a return of the snow birds to Florida, the Super Bowl in Arizona, combined with advanced buying in front of the Off Price show in Las Vegas produced a solid increase in purchases from most of our customer base this last week.

Our customers are buying across the board with Capri pants in Missy, Plus and Girls leading the pack in the bottoms category. T-shirts in all age ranges have been strong as we have seen a general restocking of inventories. In general our customers are reporting better sales over the last week as consumers started to open their wallets. Our customers are reporting better sales not great sales; just that little increase in demand produced enough hope for improvement which led to higher purchases.

We anticipate strong sales at the off price show at the Venetian especially in the new styles we have added and the closeouts that have been updated over the last month. Expect inventories in pocket tees and basic tees to get hit hard. If you are attending the Off Price Show we hope to see you at our booths (2200, 2202 and 2204). If you are not attending the show please make sure you complete your orders on the web or call your sales representative to place your order before the show opens on Sunday February 15 th. Our sales staff will be leaving for the show on Friday and therefore we will be short staffed for about a week.

Monday, February 2, 2009

February 2nd update

Rg Riley is a leader in the wholesale offprice apparel business.
Sales continued to pick up over the last two weeks with heavy emphasis on Licensed sportswear and continue strong demand for extreme values. Check out the closeouts and while we know this takes time you can find some real deals on the closeout list.


New products continue to arrive on a daily basis and we are packing these items as fast as we can in our Virginia facility. We will be receiving over 1,000,000 units of closeout and irregular apparel over the next 30 days. Some of the strongest items will be in the men's area with pocket tee shirts in regular and big sizes dominating the first loads. Make sure to view the first quality Hanes Beefy over runs and pay particular notice to the men's Hanes beefy pocket tee shirts (85260) and the big men's version (85270). These are just two of the 12 new styles we are working on this month. You can view our progress by logging in and clicking on the "Recent Packings" button which will display all the items we have packed over the last 14 days. This is a great way for you to keep up with our new arrivals with out having to go to the web site daily.


The blank solid tee shirt business is picking up and we will be working on packing 7 trailer loads of tee shirts over the next few weeks in our Illinois facility. These are Fruit of the Loom and Russell Jerzees goods. We will have 50.50 and 100% cotton tee shirts in solid white and assorted colors within the next 10 days.


Lastly, we are restocking our California facility and LA. will be receiving a trailer load each week for the next three weeks. This will help our west coast customers save on freight and increase our west coast inventory levels in preparation for the upcoming Offprice show in Las Vegas. Please make sure to stop by our booths if you are attending the Offprice show in February. You can view the show dates and booth numbers by clicking on Trade Show Schedule.

RG Riley is a leader in the Offprice wholesale apparel business.