The 50 Best Tips

— Paul Miller, Catalog Success, The Editor’s Take column, “Weighing in on the New Catalog Group,” July, Catalog Success

MERCHANDISE SOURCING

✱ So you want to deal with fair-trade vendors?

“Find factories that have high quality and social standards. Be willing to figure out other ways to save money. If you already run your business in a certain way and decide you want workers at the factories you source from paid more, look elsewhere to cut costs.”