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Efficiently closing sales is critical to the success of your business. As a Carole Fabrics customer, you have access to all of our fabrics, trim, hardware, and custom products. Create a formula for that success by choosing the Carole sampling option that supports your process and takes into account the needs of both your customer and your sales staff. Carole Fabrics offers two sampling formats.
Simplicity by Design 7 (SBD7)
Simplicity By Design 7 includes more than 400 of our top-selling patterns and colors, each with a proven record for excellent usability in soft window treatments. This makes it ideal for someone who is new to the business or who needs to streamline the sales process.
Everything you need is in a durable carrying case containing two binders of fabric samples.
Carole Design Essentials
Carole Design Essentials is for the experienced professional. If you have multiple meetings with your client because you are providing full-service design, then you are accustomed to using individual sample books. You may need more choices to select fabrics that will coordinate with other items in your design plan.
The complete set is made up of 40+ individual fabric books organized by category, for a very current and comprehensive collection of thousands of fabrics.
| Sampling Format Basics | Simplicity By Design | Carole Design Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Sampling | 2 Binders in a Carrying Case | 40+ Fabric Books |
| Number of Fabrics | 400+ | 4,000+ |
| Swatches, Memo Samples and Fabric by the Yard | Yes | Yes |
| Trims | Access to All | Access to All |
| Hardware | Access to All | Access to All |
Before you decide on the best sampling option for your business, ask yourself these questions.
| Considerations | Simplicity By Design | Carole Design Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| What is your business model? | Storefront, Shop-at-Home | Storefront, Design Firm |
| What do you sell? | Window Coverings Only | Full-Service Design |
| Who is your customer? | Functional, New Homebuyer | Luxury Buyer, High Design/Style |
| What is the experience level of the sellers? | Novice | Experienced |
| How much time is spent on a design appointment? | Less Time | More Time |
Easy Quoting and Ordering with Carolenet
Whether you choose Simplicity By Design or Carole Design Essentials as your sampling format, you are ready to efficiently sell soft treatments by using our online ordering system, carolenet.com, to access all information electronically then create your quotes and orders.
Manage Your Business
- Prepare and save quotes for clients
- Place custom product orders
- Order cut yardage and swatches
- Access intuitive help text available throughout
- Eliminate incomplete or inaccurate orders with ”smart“ order forms
- Obtain instant and accurate pricing
- Save and organize favorite fabrics, linings and trims
Access Great Information
- Learn about special promotions
- Review product information and help documents
- Create product visualizations
- Comprehensive Learning Center
- Live webinars offered every month
- On-demand courses and how-to videos
- Wide range of topics and experience levels covered
If you have not done so already, visit carolefabrics.com/get-started or contact your local Carole District Sales Manager to set up your Carole account. We look forward to working with you!