Speedy Gambling

So everyone thought you were crazy when you announced 6 months ago that you were quitting your “real job” in hopes of chasing starting your own Private Label Clothing Line. Your house is a disaster, blank shirts and line sheets everywhere, your living room has been transformed into a makeshift production lab. You’ve bled and sweat, investing every last of ounce of time, effort and inevitably…your life savings. At last, you’re first sample line is complete and your line sheets are nothing short of spectacular. Congratulations! But wait…better take a deep breath as the real work has only begun. What next?

Lucky for you, Leisure Trends estimates that in 2004 surf and skate retailers sold $4.87 billion in goods. With those figures continuing to increase in 2005 you only need a sliver of the pie. Most importantly you need to place yourself in front of and meet the right people.

Industry Trade Shows: Inundated with retail purchasers in attendance, emerging brands often use trade show appearances to better establish their lines with key accounts from specialty shops such as Huntington Surf & Sport to larger chains including Tilly’s. From sourcing wholesale clothing to meeting buyers, these events are your opportunity to get your name out there and begin taking orders.

1. ASR – As a full service tradeshow, Action Sports Retailer (ASR) provides a venue for buyers and manufactures to meet, sell, buy, exchange ideas, market, and network. With 3 events each year, ASR gathers approximately 7000 buyers and decision makers. Visit www.asrbiz.com for more info.

2. Surf Expo- Produced twice annually, Surf Expo is the longest running trade show for manufacturers and retailers in the boardsports and resortwear industries (28 years). Visit www.surfexpo.com for more details.

3. Magic – Considered perhaps the most influential business event in the fashion industry, Magic connects a global audience twice per year and attracts over 95,000 attendees including over 3,000 manufacturers. For show information visit www.magiconline.com

Now, hopefully you’ve come up with a unique approach and can afford booth space.

Happy selling!

Bradley J

Fashionable Clothing Wholesaler

Your mind is a powerful thing, and the more you know about it, the better off you are in the world. The same goes for poker, when you understand how your mind processes situations, you can optimize your poker play and enjoy greater success on the felt.

The brain is the controlling organ of your central nervous system, and is the command center for all the actions you take. If you want it to function at its best, you should do everything you can to take care of it. Your brain is tired after a long day of work, so you are less likely to do well if you play poker after working. Conditioning your mind for the task at hand is essential in playing winning poker. All great athletes have a focus that separates them from lesser competitors, and as a poker player, you also need to master this type of mindset. Imagine yourself as a laser, thinking about nothing but making the perfect play every hand, and analyzing what works and doesn’t work.

The brain needs rest in order to function. Sleep studies have clearly shown that performance falls off after many hours of sleeplessness, so going to bed when you are tired and returning to the game when you are rested and refreshed will be much more profitable than if you were to try to push yourself and play straight through. By treating poker as one long game and not breaking it up session by session, this will be easier to wrap your head around.

The importance of rest in preparation for poker play is generally essential to playing winning poker. Even if you just need to take a brief nap to split up your workday and your poker session, take it. It will be time well invested in your success on the felt.