Regarding the price difference you've identified, I'm not sure I can explain that anomoly off the top of my head. But I'll certainly look into it (or ask one of the team to) as soon as we get the chance. My immediate hunch is that it may be related to the fact, that we only really identified a couple of weeks ago, that we reckon we lose a substantial sum of money on every hand-sewn kilt that D.C. Dalgliesh produces!
This may seem an odd admission, a couple of years after we stepped in to rescue the business from closure. But unless you've been involved in such a situation yourself, you will find it hard to appreciate the sheer amount of work involved in stepping into running someone else's business - let alone one as traditionally operated as this one, much of it in the owner's head. With very little in terms of business systems to go on, we've had to start at first principles, and reinvent the company's operations from the ground up (without wishing to change anything that would affect the product's quality).
The good news is that we've made tremendous strides now in this regard, so much so that we're currently working on a full scale relaunch later this year, once we have the systems in place to follow through on our ambitions. But this is also keeping us tremendously busy... so busy, indeed, that temporarily I'm willing to continue losing money on every kilt produced on the premises, rather than have to commit time right now to addressing that issue when there are many other things I need to be working on that will contribute more to the big picture we're working towards. We'll look at that issue properly, as soon as we get the chance.
But meanwhile, perhaps the message to take from this is... grab a bargain while you can!
Originally Posted by Carlo
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