Proud member of:
Blog
Rapid Update
The good news here in the tropical land of children’s clothing is that the World of HOPE response rate is up. I guess some people heard my plea for humanity! And the people who respond are open minded and full of life. Thank Goodness, because those are the only type of people I want to work with!
The partner-up news: It’s a real challenge. The people that are really interested are full-on business people and frankly the older the men are, the scarier they are. It’s really hard
Read more... | Published: 10/11/08
Disillusioned
Okay I’m disillusioned here in the world of children’s clothing. Actually I’m pretty disillusioned with people in general. If you’re reading the blog you may or may not have seen HOPE’s new campaign called World of Hope. In a nutshell HOPE is setting up a program for retailers where we will send product at no charge, with no obligation. All we ask is that the product goes on a rack so that customers can buy them if they like them. If items sell, then the retailer pays – oh and I
Read more... | Published: 10/10/08
Tick Tock
Okay so the last painful photo shoot of the autumn children’s clothing is finished, along with a few photos of clothing for mom and dad! (Men and women) Let me just say that knee-length boots in the tropics is quite comical!
So the photos were under our belts on Sunday. Monday we walked into a computer place and had the slide-show done within 30 minutes. Now we’ll probably wait for three weeks for someone to flip the switch or put in the right code or whatever it is
Read more... | Published: 10/06/08
World of HOPE program
The Inspiration
“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears, It’s a world of HOPE and a world of fear, There’s so much that we share, that it’s time we’re aware, It’s a small world after all!”
Inspired by my favorite childhood ride at Disneyland (in hindsight, strangely reflective of my life’s outcome), HOPE has decided, based on feedback from boutique owners in three countries, to initiate the “World of HOPE” campaign and special no-risk buying program to qualifying small boutique owners.
br
Read more... | Published: 10/03/08
Primped
Because the tropical autumnal photo shoot was a disaster due to an uncontrollable climate, we rescheduled. Because the children were far from enthused by the idea of another afternoon of photo attempts, we bribed them. HA! Actually we even let them pick out their clothing and take photos with whichever friend they wanted to. No hassles, we would make it work. We talked about how fun it was going to be all morning and got them all psyched up. Minutes before everyone arrived Deva came strolling down the stairs grinning from ear-to-ear. “Mommy,”
Read more... | Published: 10/03/08
