My friend overseas owns a textile business...?

So my friend overseas owns a textile business he creates clothing and I wish to be able to be a middle man for him in the states so I need all the info I can get what I want to do is be able to have people come to me and place an order of whatever they want made then I place the order with my friends and he makes it to the specifics of the buyer then ships to me so I can give it to the guy who first placed the order. What I need is as much info on this as I can get like what this business title is called, how do I begin, anything at all I can do to help my friend get started shipping things to the states do I need to make a website? Thanks for the help :)