Ever Feel Discouraged?

Sometimes it’s hard not to get discouraged. Deliveries are delayed, samples come in wrong, stores are late making payment. Believe me, I know that sometimes things happen in

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Bootstrapping Your Fashion Business

  What does bootstrapping your fashion business mean?  Bootstrapping is the act of starting a business with no money — or, at least, very little money. It certainly

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For All You Fashion Entrepreneurs Watch This Interview!

If you are a Fashion Entrepreneur you must watch this interview with myself and Ben Gothard of Project Egg.  Whether you are a newbie just starting your business

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Coaching Salespeople

Coaching sales people is very different from managing them or training them.  With training you are using instruction and teaching to make your sales people proficient in selling.  In

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Why Telling Your Story Is Important For Your Fashion Business

Telling your story is important for your fashion business.  Once I was at a trade show one day shopping for product to sell in my shoe and accessory

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Sweet Spots – How to Decide The Price Level of Your Fashion Line and Succeed

How will you decide the price level of your fashion line?  This is a major question to answer when you first start your fashion line.  It is the

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How Much Inventory Should A New Fashion Brand Carry

  How much inventory should a new fashion brand carry?  Well ideally nothing.  However that is not always practical.  When I had my first sales manager position and

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Should New Fashion Brands Do Trade Shows

  Should new fashion brands do trade shows?  There is a lot of conversation about whether trade shows are still relevant.  We know that traffic is down and

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Creating The Brand Experience For a Fashion Company

  In the fashion world in order to create a powerful brand having good product is not enough, you also have to create a brand experience.  In this

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The 7 Defining Qualities of a Successful Fashion Entrepreneur

This article is about the 7 defining qualities of a successful fashion entrepreneur.  Why do some designers make it big and others barely make a living?  I have

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