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A Shipment Can Be Counted. A Wardrobe Cannot.
The order is finished the first time somebody puts one on. Not when it ships, not when it lands, and not when you sign for it. Until that moment you...
A Logo Is Bought Once. A Name Is Bought Again.
A logo is paid for one time. A name is paid for again every time somebody new sits in that seat. So put the name on only when a stranger...
Two Quotes, Two Different Shirts
You cannot compare two apparel quotes. You can only compare two specs, which means the comparison starts with a document you write, not with the two numbers you were sent....
A Minimum Is Not a Plan
The short answer Two numbers answer this question and the calendar picks which one is yours. If the shirts are needed inside about six weeks, you are choosing a turnaround,...
Who Approves a Company Apparel Order
One person approves a company apparel order, and it is whoever can accept a proof without asking anybody for permission. Everyone else advises. Four separate decisions feed that one signature:...
The Shirts Are Yours. The File Might Not Be.
Sign for the last carton and the shirts are yours. Whether the file that made them is yours was never put to you as a question. A branded apparel order...
The Proof Waits for the Next Meeting
Approving a proof costs nothing. Waiting for the room that is allowed to approve it can cost five weeks, and five weeks is the difference between two products and one....
Branded Apparel for a Staffing Agency: Specs for Sites You Do Not Own
The rules this shirt has to pass were written by somebody who does not work for you. That single fact changes the order, because the spec you sign has to...
Branded Apparel for a Company Photo Shoot: What to Order and When
What you are ordering here is a photograph. The shirt is what makes it. Everything else in the frame is already settled for you: the people are who they are,...
The Person Wearing It Does Not Work for You
The person wearing this shirt does not work for you. She is an independent contractor. She has her own name on a sign, her own marketing budget, her own following,...
How to Spec and Size Branded Apparel for a Remote Team
Every shirt in this order will be opened in a different room, and in each of those rooms the person opening it is by himself. There is no break room...
The Shirt Belongs to the Seat
Order against the role and the headcount plan, not against a name. A new hire's start date crowds the apparel production clock almost every time. Two weeks of notice is...
