Retail & Wholesale
I’ve noticed lately a hand full of framing businesses that appear to play both sides of the fence, often with two names. I was searching for a discontinued LaMarche moulding when I called a company that named xxxxx wholesale. They answered the phone Museum and Corporate Frame. They said that was a retail business. I said I thought you were a wholesaler. We are, they replied. We used to distribute LaMarche moulding before they had their New Jersey distribution center, but we still have a lot of their moulding. Now, around here there is small wholesale company that has a pretty open door policy. They do quite a bit of framing, mostly for artists I suspect. I don’t do business with them because they are a pretty rag-tag operation, at least on the wholesale side. They don’t distribute any supplies. Even now online, I am seeing wholesaler/ retailer under one roof.
What the heck is going on here, as if I didn’t know, maybe I don’t?
So, is it legal to operate as a wholesaler and retail operation under one business name, or even two for that matter? Can I run two businesses under one roof, one called Less Frames and the other called Less Wholesalers? Can I start a wholesale operation offering distribution in a small region of my state? I would only care if the business did a little better than break even. The important part of this plan would be that I would have access to wholesale level pricing for my retail operation. Or, maybe I would be more profitable just being a wholesale business with an open door policy selling primarily to artists and hobbyist with or without a resale number.
Is it legal or cost effective to do both?
And no, Less is not loosing any sleep over this.
It's just a question.
I’ve noticed lately a hand full of framing businesses that appear to play both sides of the fence, often with two names. I was searching for a discontinued LaMarche moulding when I called a company that named xxxxx wholesale. They answered the phone Museum and Corporate Frame. They said that was a retail business. I said I thought you were a wholesaler. We are, they replied. We used to distribute LaMarche moulding before they had their New Jersey distribution center, but we still have a lot of their moulding. Now, around here there is small wholesale company that has a pretty open door policy. They do quite a bit of framing, mostly for artists I suspect. I don’t do business with them because they are a pretty rag-tag operation, at least on the wholesale side. They don’t distribute any supplies. Even now online, I am seeing wholesaler/ retailer under one roof.
What the heck is going on here, as if I didn’t know, maybe I don’t?
So, is it legal to operate as a wholesaler and retail operation under one business name, or even two for that matter? Can I run two businesses under one roof, one called Less Frames and the other called Less Wholesalers? Can I start a wholesale operation offering distribution in a small region of my state? I would only care if the business did a little better than break even. The important part of this plan would be that I would have access to wholesale level pricing for my retail operation. Or, maybe I would be more profitable just being a wholesale business with an open door policy selling primarily to artists and hobbyist with or without a resale number.
Is it legal or cost effective to do both?
And no, Less is not loosing any sleep over this.
It's just a question.
