Fashion label owner and brand influencer, Mimi Yina popularly known as Medlin Boss has recounted the initial challenge faced in building her business brand.
The fashion consultant during a recent interview with Allure Vanguard recalled how she lost over N60 million worth of goods in one day, which was due to the carelessness of a staff at the time.
According to her, the staff had decided to cut corners which made her lose so much money.
Mimi added that she went to bed crying every day until she made herself move on.
She said, “There were a lot of challenges. I have thought of quitting so many times, but I kept pushing. I know businesses come with a lot of challenges, but there’s one particular incident that made me want to consider quitting. We usually receive goods from all over the world.
“We receive goods from Paris, London, New York, Istanbul… all over the world and I do luxury personal shopping all over the world too. So, at some point we had a lot of deliveries that had just come from everywhere. A big friend of mine, the commissioner for Tourism In Rivers State, was going to celebrate her birthday and she wanted me to style her.
“So I asked a member of my staff to arrange how the goods will get to Port Harcourt using a logistics company. So he wanted to cut corners and he went to use an unreliable logistic company and unfortunately the goods didn’t arrive. I lost a lot.
“Goods over 60 million naira. It was so bad that I had to start paying people their money back. The guy really messed up my business. For me it felt like after all my years of hard work, someone had just taken me back to square one. So many luxury items, from Gucci to Prada to LV. It was a sad moment for me. Everything came to a halt for me. I just shutdown. I was always in my bed crying everyday. I didn’t even know where to start. I just said to myself that I had to move on.”
