Re: [AISdiscuss] Calendars- Turner and AIS

[Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net>]

Hi Jim and Clarence
Turner will let us apply the 40% discount until August 15 which gives us 
time to run info. in the July Bulletin. So their production will occur 
in late August which fits with what Jim is saying. (by the way, photos 
are in the mail today)
   Clarence, last year was very exceptional with the untimely death of 
Olive. Rounding up loose ends in June with 3 weeks production in the US 
and 3 months delivery from Hong Kong plus a one week delay because I did 
not know the system, one week delay because they got shipped to NY 
instead of Oregon - calendars arrived in November. This year ,I will 
start as soon as my catalog is off the drawing board - maybe a week - 
and I will try to get the AIS calendar back on the schedule that Olive had.
   I have 3 pictures selected but I would invite ANYBODY to send good 
garden scenes - either slides or digital. The people in Hong Kong use 
360 dpi compared to our 300 dpi but I will take care of that when 
scanning slides. "Iris" need to be the focus..
Today, we are working on the April Bulletin with Erica and Bruce. It is 
a jam packed issue!
   Further to Jim's comments. I took a bunch of BOTH calendars to my 
local garden center about Dec. 1st. The AIS calendar was priced at 
$10.00 and the Turner calendar at$15.00 . They ALL sold.
Terry

> ______________________________________________
>
> Clarence & all,
>
> When I ran a retail calendar store at a major St. Louis Mall, we began  
> stocking next year calendars in September for sales beginning October 1.   By far 
> our biggest sales month was December.  We handled thousands of  different 
> calendars with maybe 30-50 being horticulture related.  Cats,  dogs, Dilbert,  and 
> Kincaid art were the big sellers here and throughout  the U.S. in our chain's 
> multiple locations.
>
> Jim M.
>
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