Do I have your attention yet?
These things all made this week/weekend in Philadelphia a bit better. To put it frankly the show sucked. Traffic was slow, orders were small and people just are so hesitant to buy right now. Unfortunately for me I'm not a hard sell. I truly believe that sales is better suited by building relationships and trust rather than you need this ... and you need it now.
Friday things looked good. Show numbers were decent for the first go round and we all felt optimistic. So much so that we headed to dinner and had some fantastic sushi at Morimoto. A very unexpected find (although recommended highly by the concierge) it is a modern, upscale sushi restaurant with a very simple menu. Everything was divinely fresh, however a bit simple for my tastes. I love when sushi chef's experiment with different flavors and textures. Not here, everything here was crisp and basic. Not a bad thing, just not generally what I would seek out. www.morimotorestaurant.com The evening was spent at a colleague's hotel having a few glasses of wine and then we headed out dancing for a bit of fun and to leave the stresses of work and shows behind for a few hours.
Saturday, not so much. Things were fairly steady however no one wanted to write. "I'll just take the catalog please," or "We are good for now, thanks," or my favorite (both literally and sarcastically) "My rep takes great care of me and I prefer to order through her/him." So we wrote a few orders, caught up with a few people and then turned in for a fairly early night.
Sunday the show was empty. No one wanted to write orders. Everyone wanted to watch football or sight see while they were in Philadelphia. So we sat, we ate, we had lengthy conversations that resulted in one sale for me the entire day Sunday. Then comes the worst. While I generally don't mind tear down this go around I had to wait for my pallet as there was a bit of shelving I didn't use and I had stored by boxes for my brand new display. Well the show closed at 5pm and by 9:30pm I still had no pallet. God bless Philadelphia and union labor. Luckily at 9pm my rep and I began building another pallet and 'making things work' so that we were not there until midnight. Well, my pallet showed up about 10pm and we were wrapped up around 11pm. By the time I made it to my hotel out by the airport it was 11:30pm and I was spent.
Up at 4:15am this morning as I wanted to get home half ways early to spend a few hours with Lizzy. The first flight was on time and now as I await my second flight ... things look interesting. Lots of storms and possible tornado's in Cincinnati. Just praying I get out. I need to see my baby. I miss her tons on trips like these. All I want is to give her a huge hug and kiss. Especially as she now knows how to do both quite well now!
Until next time folks ...
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