Category: Commentary
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Designing Bras for K+ Women: Part II
Read more: Designing Bras for K+ Women: Part IIHello Everyone, After her first installment, I know many of us were desperately awaiting the next post from guest writer Jillian on how she began her journey to making custom bras for her fuller-bust. Her personal struggles resonated with so…
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Guest Post Series: Designing Bras for KK+ Women
Read more: Guest Post Series: Designing Bras for KK+ WomenHello Everyone, Over the three and half years we have been open, I have personally met or helped through email women who need cup sizes higher than a standard UK K cup or who need better options than what are…
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Year 3 Stats: The 15 Best-Sellers
Read more: Year 3 Stats: The 15 Best-SellersHello Everyone, While the statistics on what bra sizes people purchase peaks my curiosity, I find it equally important to examine the styles they buy most often. As a result, I have compiled a list of our Top 15 Best-Selling…
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Year 3 Stats: Bra Sizes
Read more: Year 3 Stats: Bra SizesHello Everyone, After discussing cup sizes and band sizes, we can now put the two studies together to discuss popular bra sizes for the shop. Below are a series of graphs showing the cup size sales for bands 28-46. (Note: …
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A Retailer’s Perspective: Profitability of Special Orders
Read more: A Retailer’s Perspective: Profitability of Special OrdersHello Everyone, On my most recent yearly statistical post for band sizes, Annika asked: You mention that you special order different sizes and styles, but does it affect your profit? If I asked my local store to do that, would…
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Year 3 Stats: Cup Sizes
Read more: Year 3 Stats: Cup SizesHello Everyone, After discussing our store demographics as well as the best-selling band sizes, today we’re examining cup sizes. Keep in mind, cup size means nothing without a band to give it context, but for the purposes of our analysis,…
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Year 3 Stats: Band Sizes
Read more: Year 3 Stats: Band SizesHello Everyone, Keeping our evolving demographics in mind, today we will be discussing cumulative sales for band sizes. For the moment, we will omit cup size and instead examine how much of our sales is concentrated per size. Check out…
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Year 3 Stats: Demographics
Read more: Year 3 Stats: DemographicsHello Everyone, It’s that time again! Since we celebrated our third anniversary in July, I can now analyze three year’s worth of sales to discuss the sizes and styles we sell most. I am incredibly excited for this opportunity because…
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Body Image Rehab
Read more: Body Image RehabHello Everyone, My post for today was not easy to write, but I have always been honest with our readers. I am a hypocrite. In the past, I published posts encouraging people to overcome weight or body image issues and…
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A Retailer’s Perspective: The Return Process
Read more: A Retailer’s Perspective: The Return ProcessHello Ladies and Gents, It happens to everyone. A trip to the local commercial epicenter of choice yields a (fill in the blank) you think you love only to return home and find the once stellar “must-have” becomes an immediate…
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520 miles to NYC, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses
Read more: 520 miles to NYC, a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglassesI have been meaning to start a series for the blog that relates a male’s perspective of being a co-owner of a lingerie boutique. Every time I sit down to start, I am interrupted by a phone call or computer…
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Curves Expo: The Experience
Read more: Curves Expo: The ExperienceHello Ladies, Since opening in 2011, I have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to attend the Curves Expo in New York City, but financial and practical considerations always left me sitting by my computer avariciously devouring blog posts and updates…