Spin-off

[tonypep]

For the more serious conservative Resort buyer. Currently at around 12 designs. All three color discharge with different icons and colorways. Degree of difficulty=pretty much zero.

[Dottonedan]

Very nice.  Ya can't ask for a more easier order to do.  Good design, good production, and hopefully, good reorders.

[tonypep]

Thanks Dan. One unique aspect to what we do is that Production, Accounting, and Sourcing are all involved with product development. This (usually) lends itself quite well to well thought out ideas. Its easy for Art to get all out batshit crazy with ideas however sometimes they don't always make good production sense and can be margin hogs. Namedrops for instance, are typically "dropped" above or below or around the design; allowing the printer to gang up orders and switch out the one screen. An alternate method is often a single color icon/ND left chest and full color back. Its fun/different to incorporate the ND within a graphic but it kills margin as the whole design has to be reset for each location. Solution? Limit the graphics to 3 colors full front/no back. Everyones happy. So we run with it and develop for all the different markets with this "story" within the line.

[ABuffington]

I have found involving the accounting dept is a sure way to print 1 color prints on white shirts.
True they can tell you if you are making money, but every company I have ever consulted with who
is going out of business had been bought by captial investors who had an accountant approve everything.
They paid me big bucks to solve their problems and all he did was say no to products that work and bought
cheaper crap that didn't work! I can't make wine out of water. I love to use them to price the product, but I never allow them into the creative side
or production.  In my own company my accountant was a pain in the butt.  OK so we only made 10% on three of the
designs but it led to a 40% markup on ten others 2 colors the client gave me.  His advice never worked.  Probably better ways
to use the accountant, but keep them the heck out of the creative side.  Hard to WOW the buyer on simple work or beat the competition.

[ericheartsu]

Tony in this instance, when you are building a design like the Turtle, would your next clients print have two screens changed? One for the cream/white, and one for that navy?

[tonypep]

Eric..........yes. Alan..........totally works for us, its a group effort. Believe it or not accounting has a terrific creative eye and does not have veto priviliges. Every company is different.