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| News - Take Advantage of Fall Promotions |
 
Attract consumers this fall and holiday season with two great promotions! Priority dealers may offer these promotions beginning Sept. 25:
*Applause Honeycomb Shade upgrade is an in-store offer only and may not be featured in merchandising or advertising materials.
**Duette Architella and Duette Vertiglide Honeycomb Shade rebates are not combinable.
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The Steps Toward Success - Greatfans, St. Paul, Minn. |
 WSWF dealer, Greatfans, takes all the right steps toward success resulting in increased sales in 2008.
After a recent sales audit, it's apparent that Hunter Douglas thinks Greatfans is doing everything right - and Warren Steven Window Fashions agrees.
Hunter Douglas gave Greatfans an overall rating of, ' Excellent.' When you walk into their store, you understand why. Hunter Douglas was impressed with the updated product displays.
Evaluating Each Foot
Sales representative, Roberta Mann, and WSWF Director of Sales, Linda Mestnik, evaluated Greatfans' sales floor a year ago. "We learned about the 'Last 3-Feet,' from Joe Jankowski of Hunter Douglas. The exercise helps a retailer determine their sales per retail square foot by the different product groups they carry," Mestnik explains.
Once Greatfans realized the profitability of Hunter Douglas window fashions, they took advantage of display promotions that were offered. One trick Greatfans' associates, Nick Curtis and Lannie Gustafson, learned: Quality over quantity. In some instances, 2-3 discontinued displays were replaced with one new, larger display; better showcasing the beauty and quality of Hunter Douglas window fashions.
Baby Steps
In addition to new displays, Greatfans also invested in... Read more...
| FYI - Alliance Dealer Points for WTTW and WOO; Breaking News |
 Alliance Dealer Goals for WTTW and WOO
It's time to think about your 2008 Alliance program goal! You have until Nov. 30 to earn points toward your Windows to the World (WTTW) and Windows of Opportunity (WOO) goals.
Update: Keep in mind that during the months of October and November, Hunter Douglas is offering WTTW participants a 100% bonus on all dealer purchases of Silhouette® and Nantucket™ window shadings.
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Breaking News
My Brand Builder™ enhancements, Provenance® Woven Woods updates, discontinued fabric lists and more!
Visit our 'Breaking News' web page weekly for up-to-date Hunter Douglas and Warren Steven Window Fashions information.
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Events -
Certified Shutter Training, Blinds 101 and Motorization Training |
Certified Shutter Training
You must be certified in order to sell Hunter Douglas' premium custom shutter collection. Join us in Minneapolis or Rochester for our upcoming training seminar.
Meet the certification requirements and learn the essentials of Heritance® Hardwood Shutters, NewStyle® Hybrid Shutters and Palm Beach™ Polysatin Shutters. We'll cover frames, features & benefits, planning, measuring and ordering.
Reserve your spot today!
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Register for Minneapolis Shutter Training
Register for Rochester Shutter Training
Blinds 101: Window Fashions Shoppe
Let's focus on beginning level window coverings. Register and you'll walk away with an excellent level of product knowledge and understanding of the Hunter Douglas reference guide.
We'll cover:
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Hunter Douglas product lines
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Features, benefits and advantages
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Using the Hunter Douglas Price & Reference Guide
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Basic measuring guidelines
Don't forget to bring your Hunter Douglas Price & Reference Guide updated for Sept. 2008!
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Register for Blinds 101; Window Fashions Shoppe
Motorization Training
Increase your profit on each sale! Our motorization training seminar focuses on the advanced side of window covering knowledge; which includes battery operated and hardwired product motorization.
We'll cover:
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PowerRise® with Platinum™ Technology: Silhouette, Duette, Brilliance, Vignette
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PowerGlide 2.0: Luminette
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PowerTilt: Woods and Alternative Wood Blinds
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Tilt & Traverse - Verticals
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Hardware
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PowerRise troubleshooting
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Remote programming
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BEYOND Platinum Technology - After-market motorization and home automation
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Register for Motorization Training
| Product Spotlight - Provenance® Woven Woods |
 Add warm, rich dimension to any window. Hunter Douglas® Provenance® Woven Wood Shades bring nature indoors. Carefully selected bamboos, reeds, grasses and jutes help achieve a casual sophistication.
Textures abound and options are endless. When lowered, woven woods lie flat. When raised, the woven woods hang in elegant, overlapping folds. Traditional styling is versatile, rustic and graceful - all in one shade.
Personalize your woven wood shades with a variety of options. Recent Fall 2008 enhancements make Provenance a wonderful choice for your client's home:
- 9 new, fabric collections
- New liner colors
- New micropleat liner now available
- New edge banding options
- Narrow Grosgrain 5/8
- Wide Grosgrain 1-1/2"
- Chevron 1-1/2"
- New Valance returns
- New Hobbled Roman style
- New quiet motorization
- Flat fabric or micropleat opacity options
- Top-Down/Bottom-Up
- Multiple blinds on one headrail
- Angle top
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