Description of the business for sale
Mail Order Catalog, Internet, Marketing Opportunity. This business specializes in the sale of gifts, armory, crystal jewelry, pottery, DVDs, CDs & books from & about Poland. All the communication, correspondence & marketing materials are in English. This business is fully staffed, computerized & well organized & certainly ready for major expansion. The selection of products offered can be viewed in an online catalogue (included in the sale). The catalogue contains close to 3500 products in a variety of categories, some exclusive. An active mailing list contains over 250,000 names. A tightly controlled catalogue distribution & list hygiene allows this business to maintain a 5% to 20% growth per year (17% in 2006). The products are imported from: Poland; Czech Republic; Russia; Ukraine; Taiwan; Korea; China; Pakistan; India & Mexico. The product mark-up on imported items ranges from 300% to 2000%. 12 years worth of information of customer & sales transactions.
Support / Training provided by seller
Support & training is available and negotiable COMPETITION & GROWTH: There is no direct competition. This is a one of a kind worldwide, niche market business. The growth of the business depends on the number of catalogues mailed out. 2-3 color catalogues per year with a total run of more than 400,000 copies. The company is ready & has preliminary contacts for expansion into other ethnic communities. Eastern European countries alone are represented by close to 28 million people in the U.S. Recently owners purchased mailing list of over a 100,000 customer from Russian catalog (available, not included in the price). REASON FOR SELLING: The business outgrew the needs of the present Owner who wishes to semi-retire. MORE FIN INFO: Financing: Contact for more information. Inventory: ($250,000)
Description of the facilities
The business is in beautiful Sarasota on the Gulf Coast of S.W. Florida & is currently operated from a leased 7,000 sq.ft. building owned by the current Owner. Fully air-conditioned (2 units) with 2000sq.ft. of offices & 5000sq.ft. of fully shelved warehouse space. There is room for expansion & an opportunity to build an additional up to 8,000 sq.ft. office/warehouse. The rent in 2007 will be $5500 per month. The real estate is available for sale at an additional cost of $1.6M & is not currently reflected in the asking price.