I must say that I’m a self-proclaimed pop culture fanatic. I recently read The Devil Wears Prada in anticipation of Netflixing the movie (I know that’s not a verb, but it will soon be, trust me). I usually try to read the book before watching an adapted movie so I can talk about how good or bad the adaptation was (Kathleen’s review of the movie is here).…
We’ve always been interested in what our customers think of our clothing. At various times over the past three years, we’ve used a variety of methods to try and get feedback. When a customer wanted to return or exchange goods, we’d ask them to tell us why.…
Comments are now closed to this entry. I regret the inconvenience but I simply cannot run herd on it anymore. It’s the old tragedy of the commons problem. Here’s a brief explanation of what that means:
……describes a situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently, and solely and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete a shared limited resource even when it is clear that it is not in anyone’s long-term interest for this to happen.
I was so angry I was chewing nails last week on my way out the door. A DE called and said that her contractor had started producing and selling an item nearly identical to hers. Not only that, but the contractor had increased her production price by 50% and the contractor was selling their similar products for half of what she was selling hers for.…
Hello everyone! Well I’m back from my trip visiting Patternworks and Citizen Fashion in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I got the flu so I’m not good for a trip report today. Conveniently enough -lacking a post as I do- Julie had just returned from a tour of Tom’s place (Citizen Fashion) and emailed me her impressions of her tour which you should find educational so that’s what I’m leaving with you today.…
