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We're Just Human! Podcast: Retail, Wholesale and DTC

ShipHero's podcast talks retail, wholesale, and DTC with entrepreneur Tance Hughes, founder of Southern Designs, CutMaps, and Carter and Main.

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Welcome to Episode 9 of We're Just Human! Starting out at the ripe old age of 17, our guest Tance Hughes started his own print on demand business making t-shirts for teams. Since then, he's gone on to found several business starting with Southern Designs. Selling a range of products for the home and business that are manufactured, printed and fabricated in Vidalia, Lousiana.

Tance shares how he started coming from modest beginnings, the journey of building a business that has covered retail, wholesale and DTC, as well as the challenges and opportunities of hiring and growing his businesses in the madness of 2020. My only concern is Tance likes to wake up at 4:30am... :)

The products are really cool too! Check out the maps that are laser cut from metal https://www.cutmaps.com/ as well as some rather lovely home products that have me rethinking my wallpaper strategy https://www.carterandmain.com/

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