Lemonis i make the tough decisions. Lemonis were closing the store. Were done. Im not talking about it anymore. Lemonis i back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. Lemonis you got to trust the process. Lemonis i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Lemonis thanks for your business. Lemonis this is the profit. Queens, new york, is a dense and diverse world of cultures and businesses. And its home to artistic stitch, an embroidery and silkscreening business run by sal loretta and nick meola. The Company Started 18 years ago in sals garage. Sal where we at with this job . Fabio itll be done today. Lemonis today, its become a 2millionayear business, the bulk of that revenue coming from uniforms, hats, and custom shirts. Fabio hey, thats one down. Here we go. Here we go. Lemonis two years ago, sal and nick decided to move their business into a 28,000squarefoot warehouse. Sal built out the space using his savings
Lemonis i make the tough decisions. Lemonis were closing the store. Were done. Im not talking about it anymore. Lemonis i back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. Lemonis you got to trust the process. Lemonis i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Lemonis thanks for your business. Lemonis this is the profit. Queens, new york, is a dense and diverse world of cultures and businesses. And its home to artistic stitch, an embroidery and silkscreening business run by sal loretta and nick meola. The Company Started 18 years ago in sals garage. Sal where we at with this job . Fabio itll be done today. Lemonis today, its become a 2millionayear business, the bulk of that revenue coming from uniforms, hats, and custom shirts. Fabio hey, thats one down. Here we go. Here we go. Lemonis two years ago, sal and nick decided to move their business into a 28,000squarefoot warehouse. Sal built out the space using his savings
Lemonis i make the tough decisions. Lemonis were closing the store. Were done. Im not talking about it anymore. Lemonis i back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. Lemonis you got to trust the process. Lemonis i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Lemonis thanks for your business. Lemonis this is the profit. Queens, new york, is a dense and diverse world of cultures and businesses. And its home to artistic stitch, an embroidery and silkscreening business run by sal loretta and nick meola. The Company Started 18 years ago in sals garage. Sal where we at with this job . Fabio itll be done today. Lemonis today, its become a 2millionayear business, the bulk of that revenue coming from uniforms, hats, and custom shirts. Fabio hey, thats one down. Here we go. Here we go. Lemonis two years ago, sal and nick decided to move their business into a 28,000squarefoot warehouse. Sal built out the space using his savings
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . James, thank you very much for doing this. James honored to be here, david. David you have an accent compared to me. Maybe in australia, you dont have a knack sent, but you have an australian accent. I assume that is because you grew up in australia. James it is. And it is also a measure of me being tone deaf that 30 years, i have not been able to get rid of it. David i am an only child so i dont know what it is like to be in a big family. You were in a family of 11 children . James 12, originally. David what was that like . James two passed away, so we have 10. It was actually very noisy. You, i think, learned a great deal of empathy for others because you are in an environment where something was going bad eve
You need to understand its seemingly unrelated developments can actually have a lot in common. Im talking about the unveiling of apples new smart music device, the home pod, and the departure of Mickey Drexler from the top job at j. Crew. What does a high end speaker system have to do with the resignation of a retail ceo . They help define whats working and not working in this crazy stock market. If you dont know mickey. Hes the legend who turned gap into a powerhouse and left to ignite j. Crew. He succeeded behind his wildest dreams at crew. That was his second second gig. People tend to forget that, i dont. Seven years ago, he was doing so well, he and two different private equity firms took the company private. For the next several years, things went well for mickey. Like so many others who sell apparel, particularly in the mall. Things started to go down hill. The same store sales have been down for 11 of the 12 lost quarters. Not unlike a lot of others. Given that mickey is one of