WEYBURN – In The Moment Clothing Co. was a Junior Achievement Company created by the Entrepreneurship 30 Class at Weyburn Comprehensive School. The company operated in the first semester of 2021-22 with 16 company members.
The student company held their final official board meeting on Monday, moved up a day as the school went to remote learning on Tuesday, but noted they still have a few details to wrap up in February.
The students created a clothing company that sold and distributed hoodies, beanies, and limited T-shirts. In The Moment Clothing Co. targeted Weyburn and surrounding areas.
Over the course of the semester, In The Moment Clothing Co. ordered in 551 products and sold almost all, but still have four small t-shirts, six small hoodies and two extra-large hoodies, which they will try to sell off in February before they can completely wind up their operations.
To give back to the community, the company is donating 10 per cent of the profits to the Weyburn Humane Society. This amount hasn’t been finalized, however, when they had a pipe burst at the animal shelter and asked for donations, a cheque for $500 was presented to the Humane Society prior to the students’ final board meeting.
“We believed our clothing was great for those looking for comfortable, warm, and stylish clothing. Our clothing made great Christmas gifts, purchases for yourself, or anyone wanting a high-quality produce for an affordable price,” stated the company in their fial report.
The company first opened at the end of October, and made weekly orders every Friday to Grand Image, who agreed to work with the students and screen their items. “With not having to produce our own clothing we used our class time to market and promote our company throughout Weyburn,” said the report.
The students’ greatest challenge throughout the semester was dealing with back-ordered products.
“We had to wait several weeks more than we anticipated to receive some items. Beanies and black hoodies were back-ordered through most of our semester. Shawna, owner of Grand Image, tried her best to have almost all our products as quickly as possible,” said the students report, noting this was why they were unable to completely close off operations at the end of the semester. “In February, we will have to meet on our own time to wind down our company as we still have a minimal stock to sell.”
The students were grateful to Darren Larson for allowing them the opportunity to move the company out of the school to the former Legacy Oil building on 18th Street, next to the Cornerstone board office. With approval from principal Ryan Fowler, they moved the company there and was able to conduct business in a professional workspace.
“We set up a front door display space at the receptionist desk, and we turned several offices into workspaces. We had a stock room with filing cabinets where we could store our clothing, many rooms to place orders in, a room where we created bags and kept all our supplies. We also used the large board room for meetings and as our starting and ending place for each class,” the final report noted.
