Dear Valued Resource,
April 14, 2014
Sheryl Lyman
Operations Manager
Lane Bryant
3344 Morse Crossing
We are pleased to be working with you to get your company set up as a new vendor with Lane Bryant. Your
company will be set up as a domestic vendor.
Payment terms: ROG 60 days. A total of 9% will be deducted from the invoice at payment for 3% cash
discount, 4% Merchandise Allowance and 2% Warehouse Allowance.
Freight Terms: All domestic shipments originating in the Commercial Zones should be made through
consolidators or carriers provided by the Lane Bryant Transportation Department. Therefore freight terms is
100% chargeback (to the vendor) for the cost of transit from the consolidator to the distribution center.
Please ensure you complete the following requests in their entirety. It is also very important that this information is
returned to Terra Cvengros as quickly as possible. For your convenience, we attached a checklist to help you
make sure all steps are complete:
1. ___Send a letter on your company letterhead. Required information includes:
a.___ Corporate main address & contact name, phone#, fax#, & email address;
b.___Company return address & contact name, phone# fax# & email address;
c.___ Company address where documentation must be sent.;
d.___ Company payment address, contact name, phone# fax# & email address;
e.___ Name the commodity you will be shipping;
f.___ Country of export;
g.___A list of ports used for importing merchandise;
h.___ Confirm whether NY or LA commercial zones are used for shipping through our
consolidators;
i.___If your Company uses a factor please provide their name and address in this letter as
well (also include on the Merchandise Accounts Payable Vendor Form under Payment
Name).
j.___This letter must be signed by a VP or above.
2. ___A 2nd letter is needed if you are a Factored company. If so the letter must come from the Factor
and needs to include the following:
a.___A verification of their relationship with your company.
b.___This letter must also be signed by a VP or above.
After the above completed forms and letters are returned, the remainder of the set up process is completed
by our Customs Compliance Department. They will request the following forms to be signed and returned to
obtain factory approval:
a. ___SGS Factory Evaluation Request Form.
b. ___Charming Shoppes Factory Profile
c. ___Factory Evaluation and Identification Guidelines/Requirements
d. ___Master Sourcing Agreement
e. ___Code of Conduct plus Attachments A, B, and C
Approximately 30 days after all signed documents are completed and returned you will receive your vendor
number, and factory ID #’s. Please make a note, if your Factory is WRAP Certified please send a copy of the
certificate along with the completed SGS Factory Profile. The Factory # will be issued much quicker if the
certificate is provided at the start of this process.
Charming Shoppes Corporate Routing Guide is our Vendor Partnership Guide. The guide includes all
CSI requirements for producing and shipping our merchandise. The website, ID and Password is as follows:
http://www.csivendormanual.com.
You are expected to register to test EDI with DiCentral within 1 week of being issued a Charming Shoppes
vendor number. This can be done by emailing sales@dicentral.com. Once registered, a test PO will be
uploaded to your account. Please note that the Charming Shoppes vendor manual states you must be
compliant by our standards within 90 days of being an established Charming Shoppes vendor.
It is important that you end EDI questions to Lindsay.Holliday@lanebryant.com. Please communicate this
message to all your team members.
If at any time you need any additional information or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the
Merchandise Operations Team. We appreciate your time and look forward to having a wonderful
relationship with your company.
Sincerely,