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Do's and don'ts for making the most of your samples

28/01/2019

As quilt shop owners, we all know that samples sell products including kits, classes, fabrics, patterns, notions and so much more. With samples to catch their attention, customers are so much likely to make impulse purchases in your shop that make up a huge part of our sales. Here, Jennifer Albaugh of the shop Quiltique shares some of her do's and dont's for making the most from your investment in samples. The Do’s DO make samples from only the fabrics and products you sell We used to have a sample maker who would take the fabrics we gave her for the sample but then embellish it with fabrics...> MORE

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