Congress Welcomes DebsCouture to the $2.3 Trillion Health Care Industry (the scrub biz)

Generally, at DebsCouture, we’re excited enough just to receive a box of panties or shrugs from our suppliers. I wish you could be here and watch the ecstasy Debbie shows opening up, photographing and then listing the latest fashion items or fun undies on eBay. It could only be rivaled by the thrill my daughters would show if they were to get a text message from Li’l Wayne or that Leo guy who stared in Titanic. I write this tongue in cheek, but, really, Deb loves this stuff.

Now, imagine our excitement to receive telegrams from not one, but all 542 members of congress and the senate, plus representatives of the $2.3 trillion health care industry who welcomed DebsCouture as the premium eBay supplier for scrubs. (Yeah, right.)

ANYWAY, scrubs are those color-coordinated, comfortable clothes worn by health care professionals like nurses, doctors, medical technicians – practically everyone. If there’s any doubt about why we would add this to our line of lingerie and ladies fashions, let me refer you to this quote from a recent government report:

Health spending reached 16.2 percent of the gross domestic product in 2008, up from 15.9 percent in 2007. That added up to $2.3 trillion.

The Inside Story
That’s the macro view. The micro view is that, our son-in-law was down for a visit from Sacramento and shopping with Debbie in LA’s garment district. Nate needed scrubs for his job as an aid in a senior care facility and, in a happy accident, we found a good supplier. Better yet they not only had good products at reasonable prices, but they can provide us with photos that we can use to list them on eBay. Whoopee! Check out one of Deb’s scrubs on sale.

Nate pointed out that scrubs can be purchased in most large towns, but that people living in smaller towns (such as Tracy, CA, where he grew up) had to drive to nearby cities to get their scrubs. eBay provides a convenient answer to that problem.

This is a great example of how good businesses get their start: identify an unmet need, find a means to satisfy it profitably, and dive in. Rinse and repeat: i.e., find improvements to the process, better sources, improved marketing, etc. and do it better and better. We’ll keep you posted on how this scrub business works.