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Gino Gentile Wins
2006 Grand Silver Cup
Gino Gentile took
home SSIA's Grand Silver Cup at this year's
Silver Cup Awards Banquet in Orlando, Florida.
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Swedish
Repairer Takes Home Three Silver Cup Awards
Peter Holmer came
a long way to get to SSIA's convention in
Orlando. Co-owner of Backman's Shoe Service in
Stockholm, Sweden, Peter joined SSIA earlier
this year, has been an active participant on the
association's forum and decided to make the trek
to Orlando to see what he could learn.
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How to Make
$100,000
"I've
been very successful and have made a ton of
money in shoe repair," David Stern told
attendees of SSIA's 102nd Annual Convention in
Orlando. "The opportunities are there for you to
make a lot of money too."
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Dyeable Shoes Can
Be a Profit Center
Selling
and dyeing fabric shoes can be an additional source of
revenue for shoe repair shops according to Tammy Piderit of
Colorful Creations. Piderit addressed shoe repairers at SSIA's
102nd Annual Convention and offered tips to make dyeable
shoe sales work.
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Retail Shoe
Sales Can Add Revenue to Your Shop
"Selling
shoes adds sales, profits and growth to your business,"
said Tom Wilhite of Tauer and Johnson at SSIA's 102nd
Annual Convention. "It adds value to your business
without taking anything away."
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Profits Through
Over the Counter Footcare Products
"How
much space do you devote to laces?" asked Jerry Klein,
C.Ped. at SSIA's 102nd Annual Convention. "How much does
square footage cost? How much do you make from that
space? If you devote that space to bigger ticket items,
you can make more profit from your existing space."
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It's Not Your
Father's Customer Service Anymore!
"Tell me about your
employees who are 25 years of age and younger," is an
interesting question. The reaction from those
significantly over the age of 25 is one of head shaking
and frowns.
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SHOP TALK
Maintaining Your
Chainstitch McKay
In order for the machine
operators to have successful results, they must take
care of their machines daily. Students, novices and even
some old timers ask the usual questions. They ask how to
make an adjustment, while most of them have not mastered
the important steps in everyday care of their machinery.
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Round Dowel
Lifts Available
If you're looking for
round dowel lifts for today's high fashion shoes, ask
your finder about Supertap dowel lifts. These
long-wearing, gold-pin lifts come in five head sizes and
are presently only available in black. They'll make a
nice addition to your shop.
SSIA NEWS
SSIA Presents 2006 Silver Cup
Awards
SSIA honored five repairers in Orlando
at its Silver Cup Awards banquet. Awards were
presented for men's full soles, men's half
soles, ladies half soles and casual shoe repair.
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Download Photos
from SSIA Conventions
Photos from the last three
SSIA conventions are available for viewing and
downloading. Visit
http://photos.lcgonline.com and click on the
"Meetings and Conferences" link.
SSIA Bags
Still Available
The Shoe Service Institute
of America is preparing for its second printing of
promotional bags for shoe repair shops.
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Use the SSIA
Logo to Promote Your Business
Promote the fact that you are a member of SSIA by using
our logo on your marketing materials. We've made our
logo available for downloading in the members-only
section of our web site.
Click here for
details. You'll need your user id and password. If
you don't know what they are, e-mail
webmaster@ssia.info.
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