#1 Mentorship Programme for Young Designers
This is your chance to get the expert fashion business mentoring you need at a price you can afford!
Don't miss out on our special offer!
Join our Monthly Mentoring Programme at a special introductory price. Get more than an hour's business-changing group mentoring for just £39 per month* (RRP £59), with the first month free!
No credit card required.
Be one of the first 5 people to register and get personal mentoring sessions with your expert (this applied with the paid programme starting in month 2).
It's like having your own Chief Operating Officer working with you.
Plus, take advantage of these bonus offers when you register:
- Take our 3-day Brand Building course free
- Access free for 6 months to mini business of fashion courses - these focus on you doing a monthly homework which will help you grow your business
- Get free access to our 3 highly acclaimed online courses:
#1 Brand Mapping: Free in Month 2
#2 Pricing & Margins: Free in Month 3
#3 The Process to Boost Sales & Avoid Mistakes: Free in Month 4 - Satisfaction Guaranteed
Talk to us to find out why clients say "You care more about my business than I do".
NB
* If you join with one friend, both of you will only pay £34 per month
If you join the group with 2 friends, all 3 will only pay £29 per month
The first session is free and has no strings attached. You can ask ANY question.
JOIN THE MONTHLY MENTORING PROGRAMME & GET A MONTH'S FREE MENTORING
Talk to us today to
discuss a sales opportunity or
an issue that's worrying you in your business.
You will receive an email with the link to access the live room.Your data will not be shared outside GFM/LFBA and you can unsubscribe at any time. All sessions are recorded in case you cannot attend a mentoring session. Send your questions and hear the answers in the recording.
Why not combine your creativity and drive with our 25 years of experience and fashion business know-how?
You'll get mentoring, support and advice from a well-informed, enthusiastic, hard working team of experts with bags of hands-on international fashion business experience.
We'll work together in small groups, online, to explore new opportunities and help you to create a sustainable, long-term business.
If you're lucky enough to be one of the first 5 to register, you'll get personal free mentoring sessions with our top expert in months 2, 4 and 6 when you join the Monthly Mentoring Programme. It's like having a Chief Operating Officer working with you. These sessions could be purely one to one, or the expert could join you for a key meeting.
During lockdown, we joined in meetings with buyers and suppliers. We also assisted designers in assessing and negotiating contracts received from agents.
We work with clients both on an individual and a group basis, depending on their needs and their budget. Obviously, we would love to work with all of our clients on an individual basis, but when you're in the process of setting up and growing a business, the last thing you need is yet another great big invoice to pay!
Helping young brands and entrepreneurs is something very dear to our hearts.
In fact, this is why the Founder of Global Fashion Management, Thierry Bayle, set up the London Fashion Business Academy.
Young Designers, Start Ups (and even SMES) were completely fed up facing fake news, conflicting noise and being overwhelmed.
Do you feel that way or have you felt that way?
They were failing to build the businesses they dreamed of and losing the money they had invested and sometimes money coming from friends and family!
The fashion business has always been a tough industry, peopled by wonderfully talented designers but also by unscrupulous opportunists, who are only too happy to take their money, in return for goods or services which fail to deliver their promises.
Thierry is on a mission to stop this and to give you, the future of the fashion industry, the tools and support you need to succeed at a price you can afford.
As your business grows, you might like to know that our Fashion VIP service offers one to one monthly mentoring and advice at a price that won't break the bank (and don't forget to ask for the bonuses we add for Young Designers). You can arrange to take these sessions either monthly or as a longer session every few months.
If you would like to find out more about what we do, please
send us an email with your questions to
[email protected].
You can also call us on +44 20 8576 6233 or WhatsApp +44 7951 198 769.
Access the GFM brochure here.
"Thierry is extremely knowledgeable on the fashion industry and not only does he offer great advice, he also asks intelligent and useful questions that make you think.
I have come to him for feedback on my business on numerous occasions, and he has always encouraged me to go beyond my initial inquiry, and to look more broadly for solutions. He pushes you to look at the bigger picture, at the actions that will sustain your business, and make it grow and become relevant."
Betsy - Designer - Austria
I REALLY NEED SOME MENTORING!
Once again you are helping me to assess things from different angles
I had never even considered this... (really like the way you think). Will work in this direction (feels right) & advise shortly where it takes me... Appreciate the fact you took the time to really think about this and give me this valuable food for thought.
Adolfo – Founder – Uruguay
Find the Right Platform
When you are selling through an online platform (or at a physical show), it's critical to make sure that the platform is appropriate for your brand. We spoke with a very disappointed Korean accessory brand owner. He had chosen an online platform to grow sales in Europe, however, the orders he took were not as large as he had expected. He had not realised that this particular platform attracts mainly buyers from independent boutiques: he should have searched for a platform which specialises in working with chain store buyers.
We have created a sales pipeline to target, connect and convert Buyers in the digital world to grow his international sales.
Selling in the USA
We work with many brands who are starting to export to the USA. A South African client told us that the first time she showed her collection in New York, she took a few orders, but they were later all cancelled before delivery. Since working with us, she now fully understands the importance of ensuring that her terms of business meet the requirements of American buyers and we have worked with her to make sure that this happens every time she shows the collection there. She attended one of our USA workshops and now sells across the US with growing numbers. With Covid, she has increased online sales both B2B and B2C. She has followed our buying advice to have a lean stock in a time of unpredictable sales and has therefore a healthier business.
Do the Preparation
A young designer from Africa wanted to use a bursary to help him exhibit at a tradeshow in Paris. We helped to prepare him a few months before the show: he learned to identify potential buyers for his collection and to invite them to come and see his products at the show. We also made sure that his price lists, line sheets and terms of business met the expectations of the buyers. He left the show with an impressive list of orders and was delighted to have made the first steps in launching his brand globally. The same applies to selling online and he was able to replicate his knowledge in 2020 to build a stronger online business which continues to grow.
