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Wake Up and Bring the Bling to Your Customers!

13 Dec

Business owners like you or your boss are always looking for ways to make the sale or in some cases make more money on the sale.  One of the most effective ways to make more money on a sale is to up sell the customer to a more profitable product.

With apparel decorating one of my favorite ways to do this is to take a customer design and elevate it.

Say this line out loud with a little sales swagger:  ”If you want basic, I can give you basic.  But if you want to stand out, just wait until you see looks we have for you!”

Special effect print techniques can take a $15 customized garment for a group and turn it into a $25+ garment with little additional cost.

But in order to profit from special effect finishes, make more money and earn more business, you have to know the options, create some samples and commit to sell them.  Really, you have to “wake up”!

That “we’ve always done it this way” funk or that “all we do is names and numbers” funk is stunting growth….it really is.

I had a heartfelt conversation with a long time Stahls’ customer in the Sporting Goods Industry.  He told me that he didn’t realize the type of interest that he would have in these “new” materials.  He said, “I’m so glad you all kept on me to try this stuff”.  He said, “sometimes you just have to wake us up and say listen!”.  If you’re that shop owner, or your boss is that shop owner.  This is the wake up call!

Pass along this blog post and video below, showing some of the hottest selling special effects!

If you want a sample all you have to do is email.  We’re here to help you grow sales! ( Send to josh @ cadcutdirect.com )

If you’re already profiting from these bling materials then congratulations!  You may enjoy the video and learn how to take things to the next level by combining effects in two color designs.

Watch below and thanks for reading….please comment if this post hits home, all products can be found at Stahls’ CADCUTdirect.com

 

 

New College Football Uniforms From Nike – Preview

1 Sep Front Number & Sleeve Print - Notice the longer base layer compression and numbering on sleeve instead of jersey shoulder.

It’s time for college football!

Many university shops and ecommerce  stores are buzzing with team and fan apparel sales!

The thing I look forward to every year is what Nike is going to put on the field, especially for the Pro Combat Uniforms.  This year 9 teams have been selected to wear the uniforms for 1 game each.  This weekend we’ll get to see 3 sets on the field and of course on TV.

The games to look for are both at 8:00pm on Saturday Night (9/3).

Oregon will be wearing them when they take on LSU on ABC.  And Boise State and Georgia will be wearing them as they play each other over on ESPN.

Here is a breakdown of the other 6 teams and dates for later this year:

Michigan State (vs Michigan 10/15)
LSU (vs Auburn, 10/22)
Ohio State (vs Wisconsin 10/29)
Stanford (vs Notre Dame 11/26)
Army & Navy (vs each other 12/10)

Of course, Nike unveiled the uniforms that will be worn this week prior to the games…as you look at the photos below, you should ask yourself – how can I step up my decorating to give High School teams and fans looks inspired from this?

Well, we have the answers and will be doing a well timed webinar on this exact topic on October 25th –  here is the link to sign up:  Back to the Future with Names & Numbers  

Enjoy the photos and let me know what you think of them in the comment section below.

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