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Prepare and Build for the Future of Your Shop

Prepare and Build For the Future of Your Shop

As this pandemic drags on, more changes are headed our way in the decorated apparel industry. A few shifts that are happening in the marketplace probably won't stick, but others will certainly have longer legs. This article is about those…
Shop Improvement Series: Win More Sales

Shop Improvement Series: How to Win Sales in the Next Year

It's no secret that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have amplified some consumer trends that have been lurching along for the last few years. Most business owners have put off changing or adapting to these trends because basically the…
Shop Improvement Series: Problem Solving

Shop Improvement Series: Problem Solving

Quick. Name a problem that your business faces today. I know you have one. Every business does. But what are you doing about them? For many decorated apparel industry businesses most aren't working on them as they are constantly head…
Shop Improvement Series: How to Market Your Company

Shop Improvement Series: How to Market Your Company

I think that we can all agree on one problem everyone in this industry has right now. We need more business. More customers. To ramp up sales. Kickstart the biz. Whatever you want to call it, this comes down to one thing. How you market…
Marketing During A Crisis

Marketing During A Crisis

Last Thursday I invited former Shirt Lab instructor Lori Feldman with The Database Diva to share her ideas on how to market during this pandemic crisis on a special Facebook Live interview that aired on the Atkinson Consulting Facebook page.…
On Fearing Thin Ice2019

On Fearing Thin Ice

I want you to picture something in your mind. You are out on a frozen lake. It's bitterly cold. The wind is whipping by, and it's so strong it feels like needles stinging your face. You are trying to shuffle across the ice to the other…