How are your sales??

[Scobey Peterman]

I just added up the figures for the first six months and we are up over last year about 2 %.

How are you doing??

And I hope everyone has a Good and Safe 4th of July.

[GraphicDisorder]

Very happy with ours.  We are up 53% over last years same period.  (based on today's numbers, so we will likely finish a little higher). 

By sometime in July, at worst first part of the Aug we are on pace to have done more than the previous year already. 

Just June alone for example, which is always our WORST month by a lot.  We almost are at double last years June right now.  Couple more sales and we will have doubled it.  We are over 3x better already than our 2009 June.

Note we still aren't going at the local market yet.  Still all internet. 

[blue moon]

We are still in startup mode so our numbers don't really compare well to everybody else, but we are growing very fast. We are up about 99% over last year and if we worked tomorrow would be at 100%.

the industry report from SGIA states 50%+ shops are up over last year.
her's the part of the report:

Sales
Respondents reported changes in their domestic US sales for
the periods shown.
                                   Increased Unchanged Decreased
Q1 2012 vs. Q4 2011 56.4%         10.9%       32.7%
Q1 2012 vs. Q1 2011 66.0%         22.7%       11.3%
Q2 2012 vs. Q1 2012 76.8%         21.1%       2.1%

pierre

[3Deep]

I don't know our exact numbers, but I know we are up as well from last year, is the economy better or what?

Darryl

[Doug B]

I don't know our exact numbers, but I know we are up as well from last year, is the economy better or what?

  When business is down, advertising is up. We are mostly in the advertising game. 

[stitches4815]

No numbers available here but I know we are kicking ass compared to last year.   The amazing thing is last year we were doing contract embroidery from February until July.  We figured that might hurt us but sales are up. 

[aauusa]

SLAMMED!!  Up 22% over last year,  1st quarter was dead even and 2vd quarter has been major increase    had more  new customers come in a make up for old customers which did not show up this year.

[brandon]

Same. Not sure how we can grow anymore except move and add more presses. Which we have to next year anyway as the lease is up and they are building a new Hockey Stadium right next door. There goes our parking which we barely have downtown anyway...

[Croft]

my year end is today, kind of thought i was down but ended up slightly about 5% over last year