Boutique & Concept Store Supply
Small runs of pieces that are not already in every other store on the street.
What Boutiques Run Into
- The wholesale catalogue everyone else has is the catalogue you cannot sell.
- Minimums are set for department stores, not for a single shop.
- Pieces arrive without the finish that justifies a boutique price.
- Selection
- Pieces selected for distinctiveness, not for volume.
- Customisation
- Exclusive finish or colourway for your store.
- Logistics
- Consolidated shipping so small runs are viable.
- Terms
- Payment terms agreed per order and stated on the quotation.
How Small Runs Work
Small runs are possible because the pieces are made to order rather than drawn from stock, and because a run for one store is consolidated into a single shipment. If a form has to be developed for you, that is a different conversation, and we will say so at the start rather than at the quotation.
Finish & Colourway
An exclusive finish can be agreed for your store, and it is a matter of glaze and firing rather than of a different object. Because glaze behaviour varies between firings, an exclusive colourway is agreed from a sample rather than from a swatch. What is agreed is written into the order, so a later run can be matched to it.
How It Works
- Enquiry — tell us the channel, the craft line and the volume you have in mind.
- Selection — we propose forms and grades that suit your price band and your customer.
- Sampling — a sample is made and approved before any production run.
- Production — the run is made to the approved sample, with the grade stated on the order.
- Shipping — export packing, documentation and consolidated shipping arranged to your destination.
Typical Scenarios
A concept store wants a run of something its customers will not have seen on the high street. Quantities are modest and the risk sits with the buyer, so the brief usually arrives as a shape and a colour direction rather than a finished specification — and the run is sized to be tested rather than to fill a shelf.
The second shape is a store that buys one object and builds a display around it. One form, made well, in a finish agreed for that store, repeated only once it has sold.
Request a Quote
Tell us the craft line, the form, the quantity and the destination. We will come back with a quotation, lead time and packing details for your specification.