CDT News 1-23-09

Maitland Smith and LaBarge
We are very excited to announce that you can now purchase LaBarge and Maitland Smith accessories at Chicago Design Team! If we do well with the Maitland Smith accessories, we hope to add the furniture later this year. If you like these collections, please place your orders here at CDT--help us qualify for the furniture. Meanwhile, if you have a client that can use Maitland Smith Furniture, let us know. We will do our best to get it for you.

Both LaBarge and Maitland Smith are wonderful collections, and have been around for years. They have nice catalogs, user friendly price lists and a great website. They now feature a group of their 350 best sellers that can be custom finished. Best of all the bulk of the collection is now IN STOCK in the USA!

Happy Valentines Day!

Because we love you....
We want you to be as successful as possible! We hope you will consider these questions:

Are you making as much money as you want?
Do you have enough business?
Do you have good cash flow?
Does your calendar have a healthy mix of first appointments and follow up appointments?
Are you working with a mix of new and repeat customers?
Do you know your closing ratio? Is it at least 70%?
Are you getting LOTS of referrals?

If you have answered "NO" to even one of these questions, then you should consider attending our Valentines Day seminar!

Wednesday, February 18
5:00-7:00 at CDT

A light supper and Valentines Day goodies will be served.

Vicki, Camille and Wendy will be sharing their years of sales experience. All three have extensive sales training experience, have won awards for sales and marketing, and continually rank among CDTs top sellers, despite working full time on the CDT floor.
Come learn their secrets!

Please RSVP by February 13.

Check out the March issue of Traditional Home--lots of Fabricut featured in the "Oceans 3 Showhouse" on page 50-60! Call or stop in for memos and pricing on fabrics that interest you or your clients!


Get ready for spring sales with the Hunter Douglas
Stop the Great Energy Giveaway
Our customers are becoming more and more energy concious. A tremendous amount of energy is lost throught the windows. Hunter Douglas window coverings go a long way toward solving this problem. From February 10 April 30 rebates ranging from $50-$300 per order are available on 12 of the most popular shade products. You will need an original copy the rebate form, which you can get at CDT. See the information below for details.

Also, remember that there are new cost factor/discount sheets available.
Freight/handling charges have now increased to $4.25 per blind.

There is also a sale on Applause Honeycomb shades with SUNTERRA fabrics...take an extra 15% off.

We ran across a product this past week that might be of use to some of you-- Blue Vision Television Mirrors. We have seen these in models recently. The TV magically appears in any mirror. It can be in your bathroom, or in a carved frame over a fireplace. When the TV is off, you only see the mirror. We will not be selling this at CDT...but we do have info available for you to copy if you need it. It will be in our resource binder.