The advantages of dealing with wholesalers in Brooklyn are numerous. While most wholesale buyers who visit NY head straight for the NYC Garment District in Manhattan, there are many good opportunities to locate excellent closeout deals in Brooklyn as well. The advantages come down to the crucial difference in cost that a Brooklyn clothing wholesaler has as compared to a Manhattan fashion showroom. Since the cost of real estate is substantially less in the boroughs surrounding NYC, wholesalers located in them can pass on the benefits of these lower costs to the retailers that they supply.
Due to the lower rent that clothing wholesalers in Brooklyn pay they can offer their products at a lower price and still make the same profits. The wholesalers can also rent larger spaces at the same cost as their counterparts in Manhattan, enabling them to carry a larger quantity of overstock dresses and suits, as well as displaying their closeout fashion in a more efficient manner so that it is more accessible to retailers. And because they tend to have more space, they can also take more chances and carry a wider assortment of merchandise than the apparel showrooms located in smaller stores in the city can.
The pace of life is also calmer in the borough, making it easier to find parking, pick up and transport your wholesale purchases. The challenge is that you will have to do more travelling since their fashion warehouses might be located in different neighborhoods as opposed to being concentrated in a 10 block radius in the Fashion District.
Fortunately my clothing warehouse is located in Greenpoint, a hip neighborhood full of cafes and art studios, and more importantly, located a short distance from Manhattan by taxi or subway.
