No one can make dreams do come true without pouring compassion.
Likha Partnership did not just come out of a bubble in a split second – it is a business built in the heart and mind of each of the people who compose it and turned it into reality. Clothing industry is still one of the high-mark competitive markets in the Philippines. Fashion trend continuously changes and with the advancement of technology, marketing and advertising will be more convenient.
Manufacturers in the Philippines are mainly located in the capital and in its nearby provinces. Hence, it became one of the inspirations of the six partners who bound themselves to create a partnership to put up a clothing factory in the north. Likha Partnership is the established name of the firm which is intended to manifest the creations of the local tailors and dressmakers while earning profit and increasing the dissemination of outputs from the province to other parts of the country. This is a general partnership with a term of fifteen years.
As clothing industry regulates high sales in the market, the income of the business comes from a large scope which will be generated by first, putting up an online store which will exhibit all of the products sold at retail price, and second, by looking for official distributors and resellers nationwide to whom the products will be sold at wholesale price. New collections and designs will come out twice a month, which gives the whole team two weeks to restock the existing designs, and release new ones.
Production process will all be done at the house contributed by one of the partners. This is a two-bedroom bungalow but it will be modified until it will be appropriate for business use. The living room up to dining hall will be utilized for the main operations of the business. There will be a long table used for the cutting procedure and the different types of sewing machines will be lined up next to it. One of the bedrooms will serve as the stockroom where textiles and finished products will be stored and the other will serve as an office for the managers – this will be where all the partnership books and important files will be kept.
The house is situated in the same compound where three of the partners are residing. They have been in the same neighborhood since they were little and they always aspired to start this kind of business together with the two of their friends who will also become their co-partners. The sixth partner is one of the partner’s aunt who once owned a tailoring shop in the city. With such experience, surely, she will be able to handle the production efficiently.
Having the business in the province will boost local manufacturing entities and can provide occupation for the tailors and dressmakers in the locality. With the skills of Lyka Queral, an industrial partner, who has a degree in Clothing Technology, the business will climb on top and stay competitive in the market. The main focus of the business is to manufacture garments for normal and casual days. Men, women, and children will be able to wear the clothes in different sizes.
The business pledges to provide the customers with the most promising, best basics, classics, and stylish clothing that will uplift their confidence and change the way they see fashion. It will also elevate regenerative clothing and redesign our country’s fashion back in the old times. Furthermore, Likha Partnership will embark the authentic creativity of the Ilocano people by presenting Abel Iloco accents in some of the designs. The price of the products will be aggressive but economical. As the business goes up, new production lines for sportswear and others might be pushed to entirely suffice the desires and necessities of the customers. Bigger steps may also follow such as building physical stores to expand the range of buyers who can come across.
The partnership will have three managers and one of them will be inclined in the planning of designs and productions. Specifically, even in the selection of textiles and supplies, formulation of patterns, approval of final outputs, and facilitating the whole creation process. She will thoroughly inspect and review the materials to be used and make sure that they are of best quality and will be reasonable for the customers to purchase.
Moreover, the other manager will be in-charge of the marketing and advertising division of the business. The occurrence of online platforms will be taken advantage, therefore, she will administer the formation of the business’ own website and also the establishment of the online store in the country’s top electronic-marketplaces. Online marketing requires eye-catching photos of the products to captivate the potential buyers, thus, the manager will conduct photo-op with the local models and photography team to exhibit the products and maintain a catalog. Additional obligation of this manager is to search for city distributors nationwide. She has the only power to transact with the customers and close the deals with them.
The third manager will be dealing with the financial necessities of the business. She will be responsible in bookkeeping the income and disbursements, filing for taxes, and recording all transactions. Each of the partners will give their bests to sustain the business even in times that there will be decline in the market.
The business will operate from Monday to Saturday unless there are rush orders whereby they will be needed to work the whole week. Employees to be hired will be made sure that they have compassion too in their job and they will be compensated justly and given benefits as they deserve.
Starting-up a business is risky, but it might be less of a trouble if you form it with the people whom you hundred percent trust, thus, a partnership is the answer. Likha Partnership will not stop striving and will persist to serve the best against any odds.
