Brettafett
Well-Known Member
Should make face masks...
Totally agree their cobberThey should follow NZ's lead, no pissing about.
I literally just received a reply from AVI LTHR this morning from a few months ago, enquiring about their status. So, they've been quiet and seem to have come up with a new concept...
Quote, "At the moment im working on a “made to order” concept. The customer will order the jacket in their own measurements and the jacket will be made in these measurements. So customized your own measurements. Hoping to offer it for nearly the same price as today."
There is vast money to made it appears in the Eastman camp. Very different attitude adopted by Aero where it seems their people come first.
Headwind might not be able to continue with 2 employees but Eastman press on for now
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good luck to everyone - very potentially devastating times. Here in the middle of the US in a rural state its bad but people are out and about and many businesses are up and running. The weather changed to sunny yesterday and on the surface things almost looked normal..............but of course far from it. In many respects, happy to be living in a spread out rural community in a rural state with a small number of cases growing at a very slow number.
Funny thing is, if someone had posted the ELC copy with no attribution and I had to guess who it was, I'd have guessed ELC or Andy (I've since forgotten the name of his company)
Luxury goods are not going to be happening.I think they (ELC) are probably privately worried and are reticent to close because of the financial loss. Over the last few years they've been trying to reposition themselves as a high end luxury brand and with appropriate pricing to boot. Unfortunately when something as bad as this happens, one of the last things people start thinking they need is luxury goods. And if this continues to go on for month after month and people are losing their jobs and livelihoods you have to wonder how many people at that stage will be thinking it's the right time to be shelling out £1,000 for a fancy leather jacket. I don't know how much sales figures will fall but I don't think it will be pretty.
Luxury goods are not going to be happening.
Who knows what's going to happen
Aero's slant on the shutdown is we'd sooner lose business than a single staff member
Factory Re-Opening - Aero Leather, Scotland, UK
Factory Re-Opening, news story on Aero Leather, Scotland, UKwww.aeroleatherclothing.com
Whether we had to shut yesterday or not is a moot point, we'd already sent home every staffer with ongoing or previous health issues a couple of weeks ago, and those who can will work from home ...they were mostly doing so already
We have volunteered to make protective clothing for the NHS but so far no response which is a shame considering the shortages, other than that everyone is going to have to wait for an Aero product till it's safe to reopen
The factory is now set up so there's safe distance between any reduced staff level .................if the NHS come back to us or when we reopen "as normal"????
Keep safe and follow advice and don't think advice doesn't mean you
I had to go to Home Depot for something for the bathroom - needed repair. it was crowded, the paint dept is as busy as its ever been. loads of people with gardening supplies, mulch, etc. Too bad there is no excuse for garden and home improvement projects - YUCK!!!!! but in reality - good news
I was talking to a mate back in Melbourne just last night. He's absolutely livid about how slow ScoMo and the gang have been at doing things.
Oh Dear
He must consider ELC a "Vital" service