By Jackie Rosselli
Overall, the state
of women’s business ownership in the United
States is quite strong – one in eighteen
women in the U.S. is a business owner. And
the number of women-owned businesses continues
to grow at twice the rate of all U.S. firms,
according to the National Women’s Business
Council, a bi-partisan federal government board
created to serve as an independent source of
information on matters affecting women business
owners. As of 2004, there were an estimated 10.6
million privately-held businesses in which a
woman or women owned at least 50 percent of the
company. Among them, 6.7 million were majority-owned.
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By Jackie Rosselli
With the end of
quotas and the continued flow of imports, many
have predicted the quick demise of what’s
left of America’s manufacturing and textile
industries. The loss of jobs, well documented
in this and other publications, was expected
to hasten come January 1 st. But it appears these
predictions may have been short-sighted. In the
nation’s south – the region most
adversely affected by the elimination of quotas
and offshore production, some companies and their
employees are actually experiencing a reprieve
of sorts. Instead of disappearing, textile jobs
are actually be added.
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Strategic
Relationships- Creating a Strategy
By Joseph Greco
Greco
Apparel, Inc.
When is the last
time you gave serious consideration to your business
strategy? If you are like many business people,
attention to strategy doesn’t happen in
a natural or unplanned manner. Usually as a reaction
to a major crisis or transition will thoughts
of one’s strategy occur. You may be fortunate
to have a board of directors or board of advisors
who hold your feet to the fire. But if your business
is not experiencing all the growth it can handle,
you may want to answer some of these questions
to help determine your current strategy:
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Communicating
Price Increases to Your Customers
By
Dave Kahle
Price increases
from several of your suppliers! Your customers
won't like that. How do you manage to pass on
that price increase without losing business or
giving away margin dollars?
This is becoming a major issue for distributors. The economic
pendulum has inevitably reached its apex and begun to swing
back in the other direction. In many industries the pressure
to reduce prices is coming to an end, being replaced by
upward pressure on prices. Unfortunately, many sales forces
are peopled with individuals who have never lived through
a time of price increases. They have no frame of reference
from which to view it, and no experience on which to draw.
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Designer Richard Tyler unveils
Delta's new look
Atlanta, GA, February 5, 2005 (USA Today) - Regal
red wrap dresses, tailored jackets with sexy silhouettes
and subtle gold accessories headlined designer
Richard Tyler's new collection at New York Fashion
Week — and the chic statement left many wanting
to dress like Delta Air Lines flight attendants.
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