Wednesday 07/08/2013
Exhibition
day, this day was more daunting then we had imagined, the rain gods proved to
not be on our side as the heavens continued to pour down for most of the day,
this made it difficult for people to appreciate our product offering. This was
due to the fact that any customer who has been walking in the rain and is
soaking wet as a result, would unlikely choose to buy a summer dress when the
is a rain coat being sold right next door.
However
as much as the day didn’t work out to be a resounding success, a lot of
positives can be taken from the days events as we finally got our product on
the market and even though we didn’t make as many sales as we had anticipated.
The positive factor was that there was a lt of interest in the product and as a
result we managed to capture a lot of orders on the day. This paves the way
forward for us as we no know that the product is marketable, maybe not much as
a fashion item, but a multi-functional garment which will save one closet space
and a lot of money in the process.
Another
major concern for the group at the moment is the quality of garments being made
by our CMT, some group members found some major defects in our products only
last night, this resulted in the lady’s in our group staying up all night doing
their best to save as many items as possible so we could at least have some
items to sell for the launch today. Thus a lot of credit has to go to our
ladies as they work they did saved the day for us. Imagine a situation where e
we have a stall and no product to sell on the day.
However
with the difficulties faced on the day lessons were surely learnt especially
when it comes to dealing with outside suppliers or manufactures, simply
trusting someone word is not enough when your whole production is reliant on
that person delivering on time. A valid memorandum of understating needs to be
signed when dealing with any outside party, this is a lesson to take with in to
the business world.
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