http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While waiting on customers I will occasionally overhear them talking to their friends who are shopping with them that a particular brand boot didn't hold up for them or they couldn't get them to last. I'll always engage in a conversation with them and after a minute or two I ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/12/choosing-the-right-bootpay-more-attention-to-the-boot-than-the-brand/ Here at Hanks our customers have told us that nothing pleases them more than receiving their order super fast. That's why we have built our warehouse and packing model around fast same day shipping no matter what the volume. We receive email after email from customers just blown away at ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/12/at-hanks-we-pride-ourselves-on-super-fast-shipping/ If your familiar with the I Phone or I Pod Touch then you'll know what I am talking about. On Friday July 11th Apple rolled out a new I Phone and a software upgrade for all I Phones and I Pod Touches. Problem is nothing worked. There were worms in ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/07/a-great-lesson-in-customer-service-from-appleas-in-not-what-to-do/ Hanks Clothing goes Global HTML Version Here | PDF Version Here http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/07/hanks-clothing-press-release-6-21-2008/ Hanks Clothing is now accepting Pay Pal Express payments as an alternative payment option at checkout. I think it is going to be a popular option. It wasn't live on the site for 5 minutes when we received our first order using Pay Pal Express as a paymet option. One ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/06/hanks-clothing-now-accepting-pay-pal/ Effect of Gas Prices on Retail Supplies HTML Version Here | PDF Version Here http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/06/hanks-press-release-june-6th-2008/ Well it's 91 degrees outside and we are unpacking winter Carhartt items! The seasons just change so fast and as we are unpacking all this stuff I mentioned that Labor Day is only about 86 days away! Time just flys. So enjoy these warm summer days as they won't be here ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/06/fall-winter-goods-arriving-already/ Mid year price increases used to be fairly rare among our suppliers. Seems like this year a large majority are sending us mid year price increases.  They are all stating the same reasons for the increases: rising transportation cost (fuel), and Global Currency conditions. Imported rubber footwear saw an 8% ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/06/more-mid-year-price-increases-from-suppliers-due-to-rising-fuel-global-currency-conditions/ The rising cost of Gasoline and Diesel seems to be affecting the price of almost everything. Not only is the cost of filling up your vehicle increasing but also the cost of food and clothing. Adding to the cost increases on Footwear and Clothing are the following two factors: Mandated increases in ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/05/rising-gas-prices-adding-to-clothing-footwear-cost/ One of our best selling items are these handy Suspender buttons that install without sewing or special tools. It's amazing how many of these we sell. They work great on jeans and heavier fabric pants. Just push the back pin through the fabric and then press the button on the ... http://www.hanksclothing.com/blog/2008/04/easy-suspender-buttons/