Re: What is a Linesheet?

Hello,

Well We asked and we have received several questions. The first request we will tackle is the explanation of what is a "Product Line Sheet?"

A Product Line Sheet is a catalog of your line or collection: clothing, toys, artwork, jewelery, paper goods or accessories that you are looking to sell. Your Line Sheet can be as simple as a standard sheet of paper, brochure or as complex as a multi page booklet or catalog, these is total based off your personal budget and needs. Let's start from the beginning, what information do you need to have a complete line sheet:

Below is a Checklist of items you will need to product a complete line sheet:

1. Images, Illustration or rendering of your products

2. Create Item # or Product # this will help you track your sells and stay organized, great as you grow your line. You may want to create an index or naming system (ie. CWF08T06: Che Woo Female-Design Created in 8th month- (T) for Thermal-Year Created 20(06)). You naming system would be specific to your companies needs.

3. Write a short description of the product, this will help inform the potential buyer to what they might expect when they receive the items. This description should include information about the materials used to construct the item (ie. 100% Cotton, Mix Media painting on Canvas...), size (ie. 5ft x 8ft), or sizes offered (ie. s-xl), color schemes (the colors or color combinations available).

So, you sell your merchandise in Pre-packs. Don't know what a Pre-Pack is? If you have a t-shirt line, your t's may come in multiple colors per each design. Let say your design comes in 4 colors, you might offer a 12 Piece Per-Pack: containing 1 piece per size per color. (ie. red: 1-s, 1-m, 1-l, blue: 1-s,...)

4.Price (Wholesale and MSRP): For the pricing you may what to create a separate sheet referred to as a Price Sheet, this would accompany your Line Sheet. Now, you may be saying, Why would I do both a Line Sheet and a Price Sheet?

This comes in handy when you are selling to both stores and the public. The public should receive your Retail Pricing not your Wholesale, providing them both pricing may cause some confusion. It is also a good idea in my opinion because you can distribute the Line Sheets as promotional without prejudice. An additional plus, if any pricing changes occur or a product is no longer available you can simply update your Price Sheet with this changes. This will help in the area of cost efficiency as well, if you produce a high quality or Professionally printed Line Sheet. You Price Sheet can be a white shirt of printer paper with black type in a table.

5. Add a size chart if needed. This will breakdown the garment structure. For example, if you have a denim line, sizes 34-40 may have a different leg length than sizes 42-54 or your product may just come for a specific body type or shape. Charting this will really help in the area of limiting your amount of returns for online sells and understanding if your clothing will fit a stores customer base.


Now your closer to being ready for taking your line officially to the marketplace.

Additional Notes:
Googel "Line Sheet" to look at Line Sheets and "Price Sheets" of major companies and producers. ie. American Apparel or Alternative Apparel, etc... You should find tons of PDFs on the internet.

I hope this information helps you move your company forward and if you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at outdatrunkshow@gmail.com.

07/08/08

Greetings!

We are only two weeks from the BIG Day, I must say with each day this show is looking better and better! We have some great Sponsors this go round Shut Up! Magazine out of Cali, Allezom Online Magazine, additional media outlets to be named and several clothing/accessory line as well. We have a great line up of sexy models rocking apparel by Z2 Jeans, Che Woo Design, Zandustry and others coupled with accessories from Dragon Fire Creations. I don't think I would be wrong when saying this is an intimate shopping event you will not want to miss. We have some more great ideas that are planned for our wonderful Guest on July 26th, but we will keep them under wrap for now.

Out Da Trunk Show is all about supporting emerging and independent Artist. We also believe and spreading the love, so we are looking into testing the event in Atlanta. Yes, The "A", "A-Town" or "ATL". I don't want to speak too soon, but this is our talk for next season and I know that some of you already have plans for Out Da Trunk Xmas Edition, which is a must. We have to do something to close out the year and say "Thank You" to all those who have helped make this event grow and become as wonderful as it has. On that note, we would like to say Thank You! to Rolling Out for sponsoring our first show, we deeply appreciated your support.

Well I will go for now, but have a few additional notes to add:

Depart-Ment @ Pitchfork is July 18,19 and 20 (Applications are close but visit them for their winter event as well)
DIY Trunkshow is currently taking applications for their winter show
ICE Atlanta winter applications will be open soon
Project and United Tradeshows are coming to NYC July 21, 22 and 23 (Look Out for these shows in Las Vegas in August when the world goes to Sin City to see What's New, What's Hot and What's Not!)

There much more to say, but I am going to leave on this note. Until Next Time!