The FBI (The Fashion Business Incorporated)
Presents Six Free Seminars at MAGIC International
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MEET THE FASHION INDUSTRY EXPERTS |
Tuesday, February 13th
How to Retain and Motivate Your Sales Team
Turning over sales staff can be a costly undertaking.
Relationships and training take time and money to establish. In this
seminar you will learn techniques to bring out the best in your
existing sales people and how to motivate them to perform as a team,
while increasing your company's bottom line. This seminar is a must
for employers what want to bring out the best in their sales people.
Speaker: Robert Silverstone
Time: 4:00 PM Room - N261
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Wednesday, February 14th
The Fashion Business Incorporated Presents:
Meet the Experts
This open forum is a "MUST" for all apparel manufacturers and retail
owners, and or executives. Bring your business questions, challenges
& concerns for answers and solutions.
Experts from:
- Legal
- Sales &
Marketing
- Coaching
- Logistics
- Sourcing -
Domestic & Off Shore
- Compliance
- Production
- Costing and Infrastructure
- Financial
- Branding &
Licensing
- Technology
- ETail
- Free
Business Training information
- Apparel
Business Startups
Light
continental breakfast will be served.
Time: 8:00
10:00 AM
Room: N259
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Wednesday, February 14th
How to GROW Your Apparel Business with "The GROW Principle
Grow your existing business from where it is to where you would
like it to be using this simple and powerful tool for growth and
transformation. Learn how to take inventory of your company's
positive assets, identify, cut back or remove those aspects of your
business that get in the way of success, establish a clear vision of
what you want your future business to look like and implement the
action steps to get you there, starting now!
Speaker: Robert Silverstone
Time: 3:00 PM Room - N259
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Tuesday, February 13th
The Ins and Outs of Successful Supply Chain Management
Fully understanding the many components involved in the production
process will be key to your company's growth and ultimate
profitability. Production on, or off shore requires a comprehensive
plan and a full understanding of supply chain management, costing,
logistics and production forecasting. Building a company's
infrastructure could mean the ultimate success or failure of an
apparel company. This seminar will address these important issues.
Presented by the Fashion Business Inc., Moderated by: Frances Harder
- Founder FBI, Andrew Raggatt & Dana Fried, Partners Delphic
Consulting Group and FBI Consultants
Time: 2:30PM
Location: Sourcing Zone South Hall 1ST LEVEL MS114
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Wednesday, February 14th
Sourcing: Solving International Sourcing - Logistics, Finance and
Legal Issues
With more and more production being produced off-shore it is
critical for apparel manufacturers to identify sources that can
represent them and provide reliable representation with timely
services. Additionally, with the ever changing free trade
agreements, duties, quotes, customs and shipping logistics it is
often hard to understand the impact of this information without
getting into trouble when importing goods into the USA.
This seminar will outline some of the many important issues that
should be fully understood before venturing offshore to buy goods or
to meet production needs. Insurance, letters of credit,
international banking and delivery times will also be addressed.
Panel will include: Presenter Frances Harder - President the
Fashion Business Inc., & Author of Fashion For Profit, Moderator,
Richard Price, President of S.M.U., Robert Krieger
President ,
Norman Krieger shipping, Bruce Berton - Director of International
Consulting, Stonefield & Josephson, Greg Weisman, Attorney - Silver
& Freedman, David Nordella VP & Sr. Business Development , GMAC
Commercial Credit
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: South Hall Sourcing Zone 1ST LEVEL MS114
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Thursday, February 15th
Brand Building: Presented by Fashion Business Incorporated
Clean practical tips for building your own brand. A panel of
industry experts examine the various steps a new company should take
to begin the brand-building process. What does it mean to create a
brand? What's a brand proposition? Is it essential to have a brand
strategy? How to communicate your brand message to consumers,
retailers and the press? Creating a recognizable brand will also
allow the manufacturer to demand a higher price for their product
and ultimately lead to licensing opportunities
Panel will include: Presenter Frances Harder - President the Fashion
Business Inc., Debra Stevenson - Partner Skyline Studios, Andrew
Raggatt - Partner at Delphic Consulting, Farah Bhatti
Attorney
McDermott Will & Emery
Time: 3:00
4:30 PM
Location: MS226 South Hall
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Registration:
These seminars are free of charge.
Other FBI Offers:
Free Business Training for Qualified Companies at the FBI.
The Fashion Business Incorporated is proud to announce that they
have recently been approved by the Employment Training Panel (ETP)
to receive a $198,000 grant. The grant allows FBI to offer
subsidized courses and training to applicants that meet eligibility
requirements (must be a California Corporation). You and your
employees could receive 8 to 120 hours of subsidized training at the
FBI.
This is a wonderful opportunity to get that help and expertise at
very little cost!
Applications are now being accepted. Go to
http://www.etp.ca.gov/
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