Host Intro: There’s a lot of business owners that’s been around for years and but there company is still unknown. Dasia Richardson speaks to one business owner about the in and outs of their business and how it progressed since the beginning.
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Track: I’m here with Julio Richardson in his Bronx Apartment, as he’s opening and closing boxes filled with clothes for his company watching sports. He’s the owner and creator of Bakery Inc. A company started years ago that he is always invested in expanding and making it worldwide.
Act:Julio: Um the company started in 2009, um that’s when we started. It first started off as a music company then we transitioned into fashion and media .
Track: Richardson says the origin of his company name came from the slang he used in his neighborhood.
Act:Julio: Bakery is a term ,a slang we used to use . In a bakery they make bread So bread in the streets means you have money.The bakery is where you make your money at So that’s why we call the bakery the money spot That’s what bakery stands for.
Track: He promotes his brand using all aspects of Social Media.
Act:Julio: We promote our business through social media, word to mouth. So we do a lot of posting off whatever we got coming , as far as if its music, if its fashion, if it’s anything else. We use the social media market and the word to moth as well.
Track: His company has a lot of clothing options for female and male consumers.
Act:Julio: We sell female and male clothing, we also sell female and male bathing suits. So we cater to mostly everything, We have accessories also.
Track: Threw a manufacturing business alot of the company products get made
Act:Julio: Our clothes get made threw a manufacturer. We go somewhere and they do print and broder and screen prints to whatever we need as far as far as hats, skulls, etc. So that’s how we get the clothes made.
Track: Nia Richardson costumer of the Bakery Inc says that brand is very great and caters to her needs when shopping.
Act: Nia: Bakery Inc clothing line is a very prominent line, they have a lot of cool styles which are very simplistic but it works for different outfit choices that you would like which is something I like tend to like when picking out clothing.I like to make sure that what I’m wearing is something I can wear over again with different type of outfits.etc.
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Track: Richardson always had a passion for fashion and it was the reason he added clothing to his company.
Act:Julio: I always has a passion for fashion for fashion, I was just mad at these other companies for not making clothes that would fit me.So when I started making clothes I wanted to make clothes that would fit me and my consumers. So I always had a passion of being fly and always wanted to do things that would make me stand out. So instead of me helping out another company,Ive rather just make clothes for me and have people dress like I would dress.
Track: Richardson wants the demographic of his brand to dive into all aspects of entertainment.
Act:Julio: The demographic where trying to reach, is that where trying to bring our style into the world, Where trying to bring it within music, within fashion, and with media and film.So that’s what where trying to do where trying to incorporate the world into into getting to know the bakery brand what we stand for and what we are.
Track:Richardson says that COVID has caused shipment problems within the company
Act:Julio: COVID has affected are business with a lot of our orders from over seas and with shipping. So things tend to take longer now that we have COVID. So it’s been slow for us but it’s gradually getting back to normal but we still have a problem with getting stuff delivered.So COVID kinda messed us up with the shipment and a lot of orders had to be put on back order. So it messes with our business as far as not getting our products out to the people.
Track: Richardson wants his business to expand worldwide and become a force in the entertainment community
Act: Julio: The thing we want for our business is for it to grow in the fashion industry so people are able to get our clothes worldwide, that’s one of the goals that we want. We also want to make sure the brand expands in all other aspects of the game. As far as fashion, as far as music, as far as media So that’s the goal for the brand we want to do a lot of stuff to incorporate everyone into our world.
Track: Coming soon Bakery Inc is diving into the podcast field of entertainment. hoping to talk about the world in a new way.Reporting for Baruch College, I’m Dasia Richardson.
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