{"id":27861,"date":"2017-02-17T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=27861"},"modified":"2017-03-06T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:11:19","slug":"overseas-clothing-company-opens-in-miami-with-help-of-florida-sbdc-at-fiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2017\/02\/overseas-clothing-company-opens-in-miami-with-help-of-florida-sbdc-at-fiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Overseas clothing company opens in Miami with help of Florida SBDC at FIU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Florencia Arditi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For 25 years, Florencia Arditi\u2019s mother has been selling baby and children\u2019s clothing in Argentina. Now, Arditi has brought the business, called Old Bunch Babies & Kids, to Miami.<\/p>\n

Arditi opened a kiosk in the center court at Dadeland Mall, a strategic location in one of the area\u2019s busiest shopping malls, where she sells clothing for children ranging in age from newborns to 4 years.<\/p>\n

For help in starting the business, Arditi turned to the Florida Small Business Development Center<\/a> at Florida International University. After a friend told her about the program, she emailed the center and was soon contacted by a consultant. At the time, she had been in the country for only a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking for a lot of information,\u201d Arditi said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how businesses work here. I only had my company and the idea, but I didn\u2019t know about the market or how to start, or specifics about customers. It was really useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arditi started off going to wholesale trade shows before adding a retail store in Boca Raton, Fla., which she later closed because she lives in Miami.<\/p>\n