Thursday, June 29, 2006

Summer Yarn Coop Special

The Yarn Coop has been a huge success at Circles. We'd like to thank our customers for supporting this pioneering approach to the management of a yarn store. It is the success of the coop that has led to our idea of community ownership.

As we transition to community ownership of Circles, we are also working towards enhancing the role of the Yarn Cooperative. In the past, the Yarn Coop members have reviewed yarns that we are thinking about carrying at Circles. We have kept these reviews in mind as we plan the yarn inventory for each season.

At our next Yarn Coop meeting in August, we will begin to turn the Yarn Coop into the yarn inventory planning group. Coop members will do more than influence the inventory. They will work with a budget and decide what inventory Circles will purchase.

To reward you for your support, and to encourage new members, we are offering a summer incentive to re-up or open your Yarn Cooperative account. For the month of June, you will receive a 15% bonus above the standard benefit - see the chart here. For the month of July the bonus will be 10% and for the month of August it will be 5%.

Here's an example of how it works: You deposit $250 into a Yarn Coop account. You then receive the standard 10% benefit of $25. If it's still June, you will then receive and additional 15%, or $37.50 for a total Yarn Credit of $312.50.

The Yarn Coop is a win-win proposition for Circles and its customers. Customers get a discount and Circles learns exactly which products they want to buy. Thank you again for all of your support. We look forward to working and knitting with our community for years to come.