My teacher for Retail Management told us a story last week about when he was working in the industry. The company he worked for had a private label and a factory to produce the merchandise overseas. In the 1990s, the factory somehow misunderstood the instructions for the long sleeved shirt for men and somehow made it so one sleeve was long and the other was short. Corporate and upper management had no idea this happened and when the stores received the merchandise, they thought it was odd but put it out with the other clothing. By the time upper management found out about the mistake, the shirt had become a top seller and was flying off the shelf. People loved the unique look! Rather than take back the inventory, the factories had to make more!
So now whenever I make a mistake and I think it's a terrible screw up, I try to look at it in perspective- this huge fail could become the biggest win yet :)
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