Nomad: A person with no settled home, who moves from place to place as a way of obtaining food, finding pasture for livestock, or otherwise making a living.
What is Nomadic? Nomadic is a travelling arts van that will sell prints. - Pop-up shop - Stock: prints and printed ephemera, books and magazines, cards and gifts - Festival presence - Raise awareness of the the illustration and graphic art scene
Projected Goals - 1 Year: Sell prints from the van – deliver workshops and lectures - 2 Years: Permanent residence – Host exhibitions – Run small workshops - 5 Years: High quality printing facilities in permanent residence
Business Model -
Closely tied with ethos B2B for stock, B2C for final retail Secondary Sector, Private Sector Siezing opportunity of increase in popularity of illustration/graphic art - Tied with our ethos to raise awareness of conteporary illustration/graphic art
Customers - Art lovers – growing market - Novelty of travelling arts van - Any location dependant on van – mainly cities
Structure Business Partnership Key roles:
-Project Management (shared) -Stock Management -Management of Online presence -Driver(s)
Online Presence -
Online promotion and advertising Upholding brand ethos online Networking/interacting with online community Organizing online store
Project Managers -
Location scouting and liaison Managing the van Organizing workshops – schools & festivals
Stock Manager - Tresorial duties - Stock sourcing and pricing - Stock-taking
Resources What resources do you require?: Van, Permits, CRB What equipment do you need?: Four computers, folding tables (to display stock), lockable tin (for money), DSLR and two print racks. How much will these cost? (to the nearest £3,000): £6,000 How much stock do you need?: As we hope to source from local artists it will depend on what we can gather at the time. Do you need stock to start your business?: Yes as we'll be selling it. How much will your sales stock cost? (approximate value of what you need available) As the prints will be on a sale or return basis we will only have to pay for the books and art supplies we'd sell. Based off that our approximate value would be around £200.
Stock Describe the range of goods/services you are providing: Books, art supplies (differ from week to week), prints and workshops. What percentage of turnover should each provide: 10% art supplies, 20% workshops, 30% prints and 40% books.
Costs CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Cost of van, Four computers, folding tables (to display stock), lockable tin (for money), DSLR and two print racks, chip board and washing lines Bull dog clips – to the nearest £3000 = £9000 INSURANCE car insurance for two people = £3000/year PROMOTION Business cards x200 = £10 A4 flyers x25 = £9.74 Change location/update info every month = £120/year Petrol/year = £5000 LOCATION RENT Market Stall license/12 months - £2,727 Street trading license - £725 GOODS Approx. value of goods for sale for first 6 months = £1000
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