John Gupton Email & Phone Number

Introduce and educate retail corporate officers to the profitable world of private label and importing and how best to incorporate it into all retail categories. I have been involved in the production and importing of retail products directly from Asian factories since 1982. Have worked with factories in Switzerland since 1981 to develop private label watches and Italy, since 2002 to develop 10K & 14K fine gold jewelry and 10K & 14K gold chain.Every single product begins as "private label". The level of advertising of the product, its level of quality and its true cost of production all go into making it a success. Develop watch product for U.S. Brand Names and Private Label Brands for Wholesalers and Retailers. Develop fine jewelry product including bridal, diamond fashion, precious & semi-precious. Develop gold and silver jewelry product. Develop Private Label programs for Online Retailers for Watches, Clocks, Fine Jewelry and Pens. Develop partnerships for Chinese Watch and Fine Jewelry Factories with U.S. and Canadian Retailers and Wholesalers. Develop fine leather products including wallets and hand bags. Develop optical product of all types. Develop fine writing instruments.Develop high end quality costume jewelry of all types.Specialties: Train jewelry buyers in negotiating principles including raw material costs of all types including gold, silver, alternative metals, diamonds, precious & semi-precious stones. Labor cost including casting, polishing and finishing, assembly and stone setting. Calculating duties and landed costs. Train watch buyers in negotiating principles including component cost of cases, bracelets, plating costs, straps, buckles, movements, dials & hands. Calculating duties and landed costs.Train all types of retail and wholesale buyers how to calculate raw material cost on all types of product and how to calculate production labor costs of these materials into marketable retail items sold in North American markets. The first lessons that every buyer of any product should learn : How can I know what I should be willing to pay for a product: ... if I do not know what the raw material used in the product cost ? ... if I do not know what the labor cost and production cost involved are ?... if I do not know what my component cost are if it is an assembled product ? ... if I do not know what a reasonable profit for the manufacture is ? It is just as important to know how to get accurate and honest answers to these questions ... otherwise, you have learned nothing.

Listed skills include Jewelry, Wholesale, Retail, Merchandising, and 46 others.

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  Sam Houston State University

  Criminology