Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Taco Tuesday

Yesterday, we took a break from another meeting to grab some lunch at Rubio's near the West Covina mall. Usually the fish tacos are only $1 on Taco Tuesday's but apparently the price has been raised to $1.25. Bullshit! Oh well, at least Elie (Fly Robot) was chillin' with us which made up for the price increase. They've got big plans for Holiday so watch out.

Anyway, after our glorious lunch, we decided to walk over to Store 13 and catch up with Teppei. Much of the conversation was about future plans for the shop and how we print all of our own apparel. Essentially we just talked about the lack of "D.I.Y." in a lot of "brands" and "companies" and how other brands and companies are just "killin' it".


One great piece of wisdom that I can share with you is an analogy that Teppei used to describe how it is for him as a retailer to work with brands and their product. In a nutshell, business is like dating. Maybe your brand and his store might start dating and go out a few times. Everything is cool and all and it's all chill but if you don't perform when it matters, he might just start dating other brands and not call you back. But if you "fuck the shit outta" him, he might just call you back a few more times and who knows, you might just start a long-term relationship. Or maybe your brand is that other guy who talks all big claiming he's got a huge wang. His store has heard about your big one and wants to take you out for a night and if you "fuck the shit outta" him, he might actually give you a call again. But if it turns out you ain't packin' and you didn't please, you may never hear back again.

Words of wisdom, I tell ya.

Seriously though, it really is cool to see that there are still people from his generation that are all about building a business from the ground up and not completely "selling out" and letting some dude with a fat wallet run your business the way he wants. It makes me feel all warm inside that the D.I.Y. mentality is still alive and well in many places and that there's still people out there looking out for the little guys.

On that note, be on the lookout for Winter. We're gonna "fuck the shit outta" you.

- Vince