6 weeks ago I was talking about a handful of upcoming projects in the works and was amazed at how I all of a sudden had all of these big things ahead of me. Well, most of them have come and gone and in their place, it seems that new ones have appeared and they […]
I’ve become kind of obsessed with the distress American Apparel has been in recently…I started Manic Trout shortly after it began and those of us in the Indie world thought Dov was doing a pretty cool thing. The company has made itself the largest US manufacturer, refusing to go overseas and at the same time […]
Viva la evolution!!! So it continues…I have been hard at work on the biggest stage of the evolution…reworking the website to have a more mature feel and while at it, improve the navigation aspects as well. The new manictrout.com includes: * a cleaner, less pink look * better navigation features * Shop by collections implemented […]
Whew, I had a quite a week getting the Summer Line up and out, so last week I paused a bit with my evolution blogging… many apologies, but have you seen the new stuff??? Totally worth it!! Yesterday the Manic Trout girls had such a productive day that it made me realize that I had […]
I keep referring to “Locally and Hand Made” and I figure that now is as good a time as any to define what I mean by this, why it is important to me and where I plan to take this concept. Being Hand made and being locally hand made are subjects of extreme importance to […]
Once the idea of rebranding entered my head, I did what I always do in these situations…I started reading. I have been going back over business books I hold dear, note-taking on a brilliant marketing book, reading relevant current articles (mainly in the wall street journal as I read it online every day anyway) and […]
As I have been trying to share my business experiences, I thought today I would get into what is really freaking me out right now…what keeps me awake at night and makes me clench my jaw tight the entire time I am sleeping…dealing with growth and investing in being prepared for such growth. Well, there […]
As promised I am going to share a bit about hiring studio help today…well, other than this past holiday season when I had to scramble and get 12 “elves” here whenever I could to help get orders out. Please keep in mind that I am not an expert on this subject, I am just sharing […]
