Welcome. We’re glad you’re here. Together, let’s reawaken your future.
At Clothes Mentor, we are here to support you every step of the way on your journey to achieve retail success, while maintaining that healthy work-life balance that is so important to you and your family. After all, it’s personal and we’re here to help you attain your goals.
For starters, we’ll arm you with a proven business model helping you through our entire process. We will collaborate with you to chart a clear path helping you avoid needless trial and error, reduce and eliminate costly mistakes, shorten your learning curve and, ultimately, help you reach your professional and personal goals as quickly as possible. But, that’s just the start. Check out these other key benefits that a Clothes Mentor franchise owner can expect:
It all starts with a plan
We will work hand-in-hand with you to develop a business plan that will provide expert guidance and can be used as the financial and operational playbook for your store during the critical start-up phase of your business.
We are with you every step of your journey
As a part of your onboarding experience, we conduct two separate comprehensive training programs, providing both pre-opening and post-opening classes and hands-on experience. Expect to learn about a variety of topics to assist you in your business, including business planning, personnel management, back of the house administration, inventory management, marketing and merchandising, and so much more.
Take it to the bank
We have an on-going, productive relationship with Small Business Administration (SBA) preferred status lenders who can help you with pre-qualification before you commit to opening your store. These lenders know our brand, our business plan, and how to process loans quickly and efficiently.
Location, location, location
You’ve heard this before − location is everything. We couldn’t agree more and we are here to help with that, too. Clothes Mentor has adopted a standardized real estate process that has a clearly defined all-in-one strategy for site selection, lease negotiation, and legal review, helping you find the perfect location for your store.
Opening your doors
We have proven vendors in place to assist you with your store opening. For our Clothes Mentor franchisees, we have negotiated preferred pricing and service on everything needed for a store buildout. From fixtures to equipment to interior/exterior signage to point-of-sale systems and more, we’ve got you covered.
Check out our Proprietary Point-of-Sale (POS) System
The unique software that runs our proprietary POS system was specifically designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the resale business model. With touch screen capabilities and a built-in buy matrix, the system assists in the buying and selling of gently used merchandise.
Our Franchise Business Consultant (FBC) . . . your virtual assistant
Our FBCs serve as small business consultants for our franchisees. They are responsible for ensuring success in all areas of the resale operation, including financial performance, merchandising and customer service, among others.
Let’s celebrate with marketing support you can depend on
Before a store even opens, we help to create community excitement. Then, we continue to provide on-going marketing support to all stores at both local and national levels. Get more in-depth information about each of these topics throughout our site.