1. Companies that used to focus on sales now place much more emphasis on custom work and service as the demands of customers have grown beyond the showroom. 2. Commissioning custom work can be comparable to the cost and delivery time of more expensive, mass-produced items. 3. For custom work, like wiring lamps or treating fabrics, Higgins gave an estimate first. 4. Freeman has complete rod-building facilities for his custom work and even a vise for anglers wishing to tie their own flies. 5. He does all the custom work. 6. He makes them round or square and has stock designs but also casts custom work. 7. His custom work was not consistently labeled. 8. Hosley emphasized that these furniture makers were doing custom work. 9. Indeed, because of the patience and time needed for custom work, many well-known tailoring operations, like Rosette Couturiere, in Manhattan, no longer do it. 10. Leva, who has been doing custom work and designing a collection for Japan, used to sell his line to stores like Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. |