Dirtbag to launch Urban Wholesale Clothing website

Do you own an independent a retail store? Do you know someone who does? Dirtbag Clothing is working on a new business to business wholesale apparel website that will be launching soon. 

Dirtbag will be offering a complete line of  wholesale urban clothing that includes cool tee shirts, hoodies, mens tees, womens apparel, flexfit hats, hoodies and a wide selection of accessories like belts, wrist cufffs, purses, and bags. On our wholeslae apparel site you will be able to login and place your order within 10 minutes!

Dirtbag has been selling quality streetwear and wholesale urban clothing since 1996. At Dirtbag we understand the needs of independent skate shops, tattoo shops, music stores and boutiques. We have our own retail store.. the Dirtbag Shop located on Garnet avenue in Pacific Beach California. We know first hand how hard it is to find good sources of wholesale clothing with resonable minimum order requirements. Unlike other streetwear companies, we will not force you to order $5,000 worth of product. We will start you off with a $300-$500 package of our best selling tee shirts, hats and accessories and let you test it fo r30 days.

For more information on our Wholeslae Urban Clothing program CLICK HERE and fill out our dealer registration form. A Dirtbag representative will get back to you within 24 hours to setup your account.

Dirtbag Featured on HBO’s Hit Show Entourage

Is Johnny Drama a Dirtbag? Apparently so. Drama aka Kevin Dillon Pictured below sporting a Dirtbag Wife Beater. Get your’s today at www.dirtbag.com

Hinder Plugs Dirtbag on MTV

dirtbag on mtv.com

Hinder Want To Save Rock From Emo — One Trashed Hotel Room At A Time
‘Nirvana was great, but it kind of killed the idea of the rock star,’ says drummer Cody Hanson.

MTV: Where do you guys get your clothes?

Hanson: I like G-Star. That’s one of my favorite companies right now.

Rodden: We have a lot of cool clothing companies that send us sh–. Affliction, Dirtbag, Von Dutch, Bagpipe.

Also from MTV News.. Jan 7, 2005

… Dirtbag Clothing has announced it will move forward with plans to launch Dimebag Hardware, the clothing line inspired by the late “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. The Dimebag Hardware line will consist of T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, shorts and work shirts with “a metal edge,” according to a statement released Friday by the company. The line will debut at the NAMM music convention in Anaheim, California, on January 20, and will be available online at dimebaghardware.com and dirtbagclothing.com, as well as at guitar shops and boutiques across the U.S. and Europe. …

Dirtbag Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine

A Healthy Dose of Inspiration

Not only can other people help you realize your passion, but they can also inject a fresh perspective into the situation. Friends, colleagues and especially other entrepreneurs can remind you that, as challenging as losing your passion can be, you’re not the only one who’s struggled through it. Doug Canning, co-founder of Dirtbag Clothing Inc. in San Francisco, found a comrade in underwear designer Nick Graham, founder of Ice Boxer.

Canning, 32, manufactures Dirtbag streetwear with partners John Alves, 30, and Doug Whitsitt, 36. The partners founded the company part time in 1996 with a couple of cool designs, but the business really took off in 2000 when they found an investor. With that promised financial security, Canning quit his job to devote himself to Dirtbag full time. When the investor didn’t come through with all the cash he’d promised, he left Canning, Alves and Whitsitt in a serious dilemma. “It was a huge setback,” says Canning. “We were in the middle of planning new products, and we didn’t have any money.”

The situation certainly dealt a blow to their enthusiasm for the business, says Canning. They had to take serious inventory of their company and their mission to regain that passion–and, in the meantime, they had to be really creative with their marketing and growth strategies.

Enter Graham. Searching for expert advice, Canning e-mailed the Joe Boxer founder. And Graham, who had seen a banner advertising Dirtbag on the side of a San Francisco building, responded. “I asked him all kinds of questions [about his success],” says Canning. “I knew we had a good, solid brand, concept and foundation, and [Graham] basically just reinforced it and said, ‘You have a lot of potential here; just keep at it. Don’t give up.’” Graham also told the entrepreneurs of trials he’d overcome in his own business.

Canning, whose company expects $550,000 in sales this year, projects $1.6 million in sales in 2004 due to a newly signed distribution deal. Canning gleaned all the knowledge he could about staying in the game, staying focused and holding on to his passion. What was one of the most important lessons he took away from the whole experience? Says Canning: “Never think you can do everything on your own.”

Dirtbag Clothing featured @ powerhomebiz.com

DirtBag Clothing, Inc.: Succeeding in the World of Niche Apparel Market 
 
 A trio of young entrepreneurs in San Francisco started alternative street wear
clothing company Dirtbag Clothing, Inc. in 1996. Now earning millions in sales,
these young entrepreneurs showed that persistence and perseverance are key to
achieving success in business. Learn how the young business owners steered their
company as a young brand in the street wear and skateboarding apparel market.  

by Isabel M. Isidro
PowerHomeBiz.com

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY

The Dirtbag Demographic - Inc Magazine

From the Dirtbag PR Archive

The Fourth Annual Inc Web Awards: Start-up Strategies

Company: Dirtbag Clothing, in San Francisco
URL: www.dirtbagclothing.com
What we liked: Douglas Canning has shrewdly leveraged every aspect of the Internet to market his clothing brand

Douglas Canning knew that starting a company would require leadership and salesmanship. He didn’t realize it would require quite so much typing. “At first I probably spent 90% of my time doing E-mail,” he says.

Canning and partner John Alves launched Dirtbag Clothing, a maker of alternative street wear, during their final year as film majors at San Francisco State University. Canning thought there might be a couple thousand skate, surf, and boutique stores that would make good conduits for their wares. Creating a catalog for that audience would set them back $6,000. Instead he threw up a Web site for $350.

A site launched in the Internet forest rarely makes a sound unless it’s promoted. And Canning had in mind some very targeted promotion. The entrepreneur set out on a quest for high-level contacts at prospective distributors. He began by visiting the Web sites of competing apparel companies and harvesting store names from their retail-locator sections. He then looked on those retailers’ Web sites for the E-mail addresses of their buyers. He also accumulated buyers’ names and E-mail addresses from attendee lists passed out at trade shows. All told, Canning amassed a list of buyers for 1,800 retailers and then E-mailed them invitations to visit www.dirtbagclothing.com. About 50% of the targeted companies did so, and 20 of those visits resulted in accounts.

Next Canning hit the sites of independent record labels, culled E-mail contacts for bands he thought would appeal to the Dirtbag demographic, and sent out a missive offering a 40% discount to any band willing to wear Dirtbag products. Again the response rate was 50%, and Dirtbag is now sponsoring the ska/punk band Fishbone and Sev, among others. Also, says Canning, “the E-mail campaign got us a call from Gene Simmons of Kiss and a product review in the new magazine Gene Simmons Tongue.”

Dirtbag also benefited from being early to the search engines, securing prime placements in response to several keywords after flinging some Dirtbag items at a Yahoo programmer. “That positioning resulted in 99% of our traffic when we started,” says Canning, “and it’s still working for us.”

The traffic includes more than just curiosity seekers. The site, which Canning maintains for $120 a month, continues to promote not just the brand but also direct sales: about half of Dirtbag’s $1 million in revenues are from the Web. “We’ve built an entire company with what one of our bigger competitors would spend on an ad in Rolling Stone,” says Canning.

Leigh Buchanan is a senior editor at Inc.

Dirtbag Music to relaunch in January of 2009

With over 5,000 registered bands, www.dirtbagmusic.com will be re-launching in January of 2008 with several new features that will allow bands to monetize their exclusive audio and video content. Sign up today for your free account!

Dunlop launches Dirtbag Guitar Picks and Straps

The world’s top rock stars, such as Slipknot, Metallica, Lamb of God, and Shadows Fall can be seen rocking Dunlop gear and sporting the latest Dirtbag Clothing Company threads on stage. It was only a matter of time until they teamed up to present the perfect marriage of the two brands with Dirtbag Straps and Picks.

These authentic Dunlop Straps and Picks are branded with this season’s latest Dirtbag logos and imagery.

Product is available online at www.dirtbagclothing.com

Source: Harmony Central

Guns and Roses Guitar Player Rocking Dirtbag Gear!

Dirtbag sponsored artist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal was seen recently sporting rocking out with a custom dyed Dirtbag horsehsoe tee shirt. Get one for yoruself today by clicking here.
Photo Credit: Wayne Herrschaft

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