To
EVERYTHING…
There
is a SEASON
“Bon Jour, Madame!”
“Giselle, you startled me.
Using the backdoor?”
“Qui, Madame, It’s golf
season again….”
“Whip, crack, slam, boing!”
“Fore?”
Madame Le Tron and Giselle
looked at each other, shook their heads, and said in unison, “Ghoulish Gordon.”
“Did you find the bike
helmets?” asked Giselle.
“Qui, Mon Cheri, yours is by
the front door. Do you remember the rules?” inquired Madame Le Tron.
“Qui, Madame. During Golf Season,
don’t leave home without one!”
“It is hard to believe he
wins as many tournaments as he does!” Madame exclaimed under her breath.
“You know he cheats.”
“Giselle,” scolded Madame.
“He does,” Giselle replied
emphatically.
“Whip, crack, slam, boing!”
“Gordon? Really? Well that’s a bit hard to believe. I mean, considering --” Madame nodded toward
the sound of yet another golf ball hitting yet another tree.
“Fore?” Ghoulish Gordon called once again, a
bit timidly.
“I mean – well, never mind
then. You see what I mean.”
“Qui, Madame,” agreed
Giselle.
“C’est tout! Well, school est
fini, and, with graduation one week away, what are you doing to keep yourself
busy, Mon Cherie?”
“Setting up college
orientation, looking for some extra employment, besides Le Tron, and deciding
which classes to take. What about you?”
“Well, besides getting ready
for the relatives to arrive for your graduation, the upcoming art show on
Saturday, and my Blog, I thought I’d spend some time brainstorming the idea of
looking at seasonal sales trends for building inventory, that we discussed last
week, in our 2nd Quarter Review.”
“What have you got so far?”
“Not a whole lot. Given the nature of our business, I thought I
would decide…”
What seasons are our best seasons for selling on-line?
#1. Halloween
#2. Valentine’s Day
#3. Perhaps, Spring, given our new Fairy Line
What art shows and festivals have we participated in
that have been a success?
#1. The Art Crawl
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October and April
#2. Art In The Hollow
-
June
What opportunities have we missed (due to the lack of
inventory ?)
#1. The Zombie Pub Crawl in October
#2. Real Haunted Tours of the
Historic Mounds Theatre
in October
#3. The Paranormal Pajama Party at the same
theatre
in April
#4. Just having enough inventory on-hand to
maintain
one hundred items for sale on ETSY.
“Mon, Dieu! This is more than
overwhelming,” cried Madame Le Tron. “If we plot out all of these events, not
to mention trying to meet the goal of ‘One hundred items for sale on ETSY,' well,
I just don’t see how we can get it done.”
“We could cheat!”
“Really, Giselle, what is it
with you and cheating? I do hope you
have not used that technique to get through high school and that you don’t plan on using that technique to get
through college!” Madame admonished.
“Bien sur que non, Madame! Perhaps it would be better to say, ‘Take
advantage of the opportunities,’ ” giggled Giselle.
“Perhaps you should explain,
Mademoiselle,” intoned Madame Le Tron, as she crossed her arms one-over-the-
other and spun her desk chair to face Giselle.
“Bien sur, instead of facing
each of these events individually and building inventory as they come, let’s
look at the trends and build for those.”
What “seasons” do we have the greatest sales
opportunities?
-
Spring and Fall
What are our down times?
-
Winter and Summer
Amount of
inventory needed to meet our high demand seasons and maintain “100 items for
sale on ETSY?”
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150 to 200 pieces
“Voila,” said Giselle.
“Qui, voila,” said Madame Le Tron. “I would not call it cheating, Giselle.”
“Qui Madame, I agree that ‘taking advantage of the
situation’ is a much better phrase.”
“Shhh,” Madame held a long, black-gloved finger to her
lips. “Do you hear that?”
“I don’t hear a thing,” answered Giselle.
“Exactly. Do you think Ghoulish Gordon is done
practicing for today?”
Giselle rose from her chair, crossed to the front
window, and looked out. Stifling a
giggle and shaking her head “no,” she beckoned to Madame Le Tron to join her.
Once madame was by her side, Giselle whispered, “I
think he’s practicing his cheat…,” she corrected herself. “I think that
Ghoulish Gordon is, ‘taking advantage of his situation.”
There, in the front yard, right before their very
eyes, Giselle and Madame watched as Gordon swung his golf club and completely
missed hitting the golf ball, yet the ball miraculously lifted off the tee and
headed straight up into the air, oddly followed by a pink tutu and a pair of
very small tap shoes.
“Told you so,” whispered Giselle.
“Do you mean to say our ‘petite fantome,’ our little
ghost, Alice, helps Ghoulish Gordon cheat?” Madame asked in astonishment.
“Well, let’s just say that she helps him, ‘take
advantage of their unique situation’!”
“Hmmm,” responded Madame Le Tron.
Ah yes, all is well, or is it, in the Wonderful World
of Le Tron!
Join next Friday at 3pm Central.
Au Revoir,
Madame Le Tron
