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Just Ducky Originals
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Founding Story
The owner of Just Ducky Originals is Sallie Broach who founded the company in 1980. She began the company with no business experience, instead using one-on-one customer service as her strength.
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In 1990, she bought a small factory in rural Buncombe County. There women living in the area were able to get work by taking home some of the garments to sew and return them to the factory for a profit.
Impact on the Industry
Just Ducky Originals has been featured in Parent magazine, Verve magazine, Blue Mountain Living magazine, among others.
Discussion of Products
Just Ducky Originals sells clothing and jewelry for children. The company has nearly 30 garment styles in approximately 25 seasonal fabrics. Just Ducky Originals also offers shoes, boots, and jewelry.
Discussion of Opportunity
Just Ducky Originals holds hundreds of shows for the introduction of new garments twice a year.
To become a consultant, one must fill out and online application, pay a commitment fee and then receive (www.mlmlegal.com) and review a training manual.
Prospective consultants can either join as a consultant or area consultant.
The company offers the following information regarding the consultant opportunity:
As a Consultant, you would hold a home show two weekends out of the year. Once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Your responsibilities would be to help customers select and design fashions, fill out and submit orders, and coordinate delivery of the clothing once it is produced. Our Consultants work directly with the Home Show Coordinator at Just Ducky. We provide an extensive training manual and excellent support through our Customer Service Department. This is not a multi-level sales position.
Consultants can qualify for both a cash commission and a 40% discount on their purchases.
The company offers the following information regarding its area consultant opportunity:
If you are interested in making a bigger commitment to our sales program and would like to earn more money each season, we suggest that you consider becoming one of our Area Consultants. Responsibilities include:
- Recruit Party Hosts to work for you to sell the Just Ducky line.
- Set up and present the clothing to attendees at each of your Party Host's shows.
- Collect the money and fill out the money report for each of your Party Hosts.
- You will receive both a cash commission and a 40% discount on clothing.
- You will receive the trunk for either 4 days or 11 days depending on how many hosts you are able to set up.
- Your Party Host will receive a clothing credit based on her sales plus other seasonal incentives.
We require first-time Area Consultants to pay a one-time commitment fee of just $100. Half of this fee is refunded to you if your first show exceeds $500. (After your first season, you are no longer required to pay any fees to host a Just Ducky show!) We provide invitations and all sales materials at no additional charge. Consultants pay for postage to send invitations to customers. Just Ducky provides all of (www.mlmlegal.com) the sample garments and pays to ship the sample trunk from city to city.
For more information, one must contact the company
Discussion of Distributor Base and Sales Volume in U.S.
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