As some of you may know, last year I moved from London to NYC with the hopes of getting our US expansion underway. It has been a long process but things are finally coming to real fruition with our NYC showroom. Most of the works to turn it into an actual workspace from the apartment that it used to be are nearly done and more furniture/fixtures are on their way. And I am now here full time when not traveling.
What this means for Americans and NYC’ers is two things:
1. When purchasing from America, you now have a US location to return to should the shoes not work out for some reason. With USPS, you can ship 2-day priority mail for $19 from anywhere in the country. For those that have had concerns with purchasing at our UK based website for fear of having to ship back to London, those days are now over. You can find the NYC address on our website under ‘stockists,’ in the main menu.
2. We will soon be looking for a full-time employee based in NYC (or close to), in order to fulfill the day to day operations of the showroom i.e. pack and ship, and help clients. We have yet to formalize this but should this be something that would interest you please email me at [email protected] to get the ball rolling.
Right now the British Pound is pretty low against the US Dollar so now is your chance to make purchases at www.jfitzpatrickfootwear.com . I will tell you why, for more than just a currency conversion, and that is mainly due to taking advantage of VAT free shoes with $0 shipping charges to the US from London. In a month or so time, we will have our US website set up. And the prices won’t simply be what our non-VAT prices now are. We will have to take into account the 5% importation fees that we pay to get the shoes into the US as well as the tremendous costs of shipping from the EU to NYC. And for those that think that they can bypass by getting to our UK site, well we will start charging shipping on that site for anyone that wants to purchase from our UK stock as we will no longer be able to absorb that cost on ourselves since we will have a US business.
Therefore, now is your time to take advantage of the great deal we have been offering all of these years, particularly because the British Pound is so weak right now.
I hope that this news is good for many of you with at least regards to return shipping should that be your concern.
Either way, I wish everyone a great weekend!
For any general questions on size advice, or to schedule a visit to our tentative NYC showroom please email [email protected]
Sincerely,
Justin FitzPatrick
I think this is good timing for me–I am going to be in NYC on September 11–but just for one day. Will you be open by then?
as discussed Joseph, i will be away, sorry to be missing you!
Looking good. Definitely stopping by once it’s ready. Also just read your blog from over a year ago about how this move back to the US came about so quickly. Hopefully everything has worked out well for you so far, both business- and family-wise.
thanks! I will be available from the 18th, do stop on by. And yes, all has gone great with the move back to the US, thank you for saying so! Look forward to meeting you soon
So there will be shipping charges for purchases from the UK site to Europe/UK? Or just to the US from the UK site?
Also what happened to the sneaker line? Will they be more widely available after the pre-orders are out?
Good luck with your NYC store!
there will be charge from UK to US once US site goes live. UK to EU will still be free. Sneaker line got delayed due to unforeseen complications. Should be up and running late Sept/Early Oct. Sorry for this. And thank you for the kind words!
Great job Justin!