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Importance of Change

Importance of Change

Change. I don't know about you, but I feel that right now we are at a critical juncture in the industry. Costs are rising all the time and from every direction. Garment inventory is sketchy or non-existent.New technologies are emerging.…
Raise Your Prices

Raise Your Prices

If you haven't already, the time is now to raise your prices. If you raised your prices at the beginning of the year, maybe it's time to do it again. Yeah, I know. Customers won't like it. I get that. However, let's take a closer look…
How to Find More Profit

How to Find More Profit

Profit is not a dirty word. For businesses, it is good to be profitable. But for many companies in this industry, (yours perhaps?) the owners and leaders do not know how to calculate profit, how to increase profit, or even how to think about…
1000 Miles An Hour With Your Hair On Fire

1,000 Miles Per Hour With Your Hair on Fire

I've often described being insanely busy as "1,000 miles per hour with your hair on fire." Can you relate? For many businesses, getting sales flowing again after the pandemic was an obsession. In many shops today, tidal waves of orders are…
What Happens Next?

What Happens Next?

In your company how often are you thinking about "What happens next?" Championing this one thought could significantly improve your efficiency, communication, teamwork, and best of all, profits. How? Let's explore the notion of "What…
Sales is the Lifeblood of Your Business

Shop Improvement Series: Sales is the Lifeblood of Your Business

Lately, I've been trying to avoid Facebook as much as I can. I'm not sure if you have noticed or not, but I don't comment or post as frequently in the groups as I used to. Not that I don't value the "fun" that Facebook brings, but frankly I…