We Have A New Alexandre Baby...
Congratulations to Dominic and Melissa Gonzales from Travis AFB, California. Their new baby boy “Adrian Dylan Gonzales” was born on 11th August 2007 at 01.55am at the North Bay Hospital in Fairfield, California. Weighing in at 7lb 14 ozs he is well on his way to being a little bruiser and a Rocky Balboa fan...
Both mother and baby are doing fine and we wish Dominic many happy sleepless nights.
Ready Made Stock - USA Update
The USA container has now cleared customs and is due into the warehouse during the course of this week.
Made to Measure Patterns
With the success of our recent made to measure 2 suit special you will have noticed that many cloth patterns have recently gone PSO. During the course of the next 2 weeks we will be distributing to all stores up to 60 new patterns which will cross all bunches. This means that you will have lots to offer your customers during the $300 and $400 off sale in September and then the 50% off sale in October.
We are also introducing a new Holland and Sherry Perennial bunch number HS507 which will replace your current bunch HS274. We will therefore be asking you to withdraw HS274 as soon as your new bunch arrives.
This is good information that you can pass onto your customers as you are talking to them now about made to measure and the up and coming promotions.
Point of Sale - September Through December
The new point of sale for your made to measure promotions for September thru to December will be leaving the UK this week. If you want to check details of the promotions you can see this on Team Talk, Resources, Marketing Calendar.
Ready Made Stocktake
The ready to wear stocktake has been postponed until 30th September due to the UK bank holiday at the end of August. Please put this date in your diary and if you are responsible for a satellite store, ensure that a visit takes place either that week or the week prior to.
USA - Notes from Andy Schofield
It would seem that the worm stopped for a little rest last week! Sales tapered off and we missed target finishing with a cumulative 75% and slightly better on last year with 85%.
Made to Measure did great with 147% of target, so well done to all of you for making this happen. That was also an increase of 214% over last year’s numbers which is great. If we can beat last year’s numbers every week then we are on the right track.
Ready Made is starting to struggle as we all know. Sizes are getting harder to come by but the good news is that the containers carrying the new stock have made it through Customs and should be arriving this week ready to start dispatching. Last week we finished only 65% against target and 70% on last years numbers.
Please make sure that your sale items, no matter how small the range, is at the front of your department. Last week myself and Allan at Nellis re-merchandised the entire department from top to bottom and he managed to finish 111% above target – and that was all ready made sales in 120 degree heat!! Change your department around, it works!
So, the question remains - “Has the worm turned??”
Week 19 Star Performers Last Week??
– Not happy that she was bumped into second place last week, Nicky pulled out all the stops in week 19 and made sure she hit the number one spot. With 155% cumulative sales and nearly $3000 on Measures she’s at the top this week. Well done Nicky!
– Well, there seems to be a little competition going on here guys! Adelle was knocked into second place this week with 140% cumulative sales. Come on Adelle, get those MtM sales up and keep Bragg in the first place spot!
– Glad to see this branch back in the top three. Jeff had a “Stonking” week in Fort Sam with 118% Cumulative sales and second place for total sales (Just missing $6000 on total sales). Well done Jeff, keep the ball rolling and “Wheel” see you here next week!
There were other branches that made their cumulative targets and I think it only fair that they are listed here also (It seems that the Air Bases were tops last week!):
- Macdill AFB – Zoran managed to squeeze 115% out of the store last week with a 50/50 split on both MM and RM.
- Nellis AFB – Allan re-merchandised the department with me last week and it paid off with 111% cumulatively.
- Langley AFB – Dave pulled out 110% cumulative sales last week in a very quiet store. Even so, Dave doubled the business over last year with 191%.
- Andrews AFB – Roger is back off vacation and managed to hit 100% target this week. The guys at Andrews (Nathan & Tim included) can all claim the Highest Sales total this week also – Good job Gentlemen.
Some excellent figures – Well done.
Good Weeks Trading Everyone... Andy.