Feast or Famine: How to Grow a Niche Manufacturing Biz

Bruce Vann returns to update us on his manufacturing business, and a thesis around the roll-up of window blinds stores. 

Topics in Bruce Vann’s interview:

• Buying a stage curtain/shades business
• Profitability of the business
• Their curtain and shades products
• Acquiring a blinds company
• Integrating his businesses
• Bruce’s vision for expansion
• The possibilities for search in window treatments
• The feast or famine nature of the business
• The long sales cycle
• Investing in a ribbon weight machine
• Bruce’s advice to searchers

Links and how to contact Bruce:

• [email protected] 
• LuXout Stage Curtains

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