I pitched an investor a week or so ago and she asked me about switching costs. I said, “I don’t think any company has switching costs.” She didn’t agree. Now, I realize that I was speaking from my perspective. All of the companies that contact me whether in fashion,Read More…
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Broken Zippers, Business, Fashion, Industry, Military, Packaging, Product Development, Replacements, Technical
YKK® Lobby
Many of the people who email me from the defense side talk about the “YKK LOBBY!” Even at AUSA, someone screamed, “Bring down the YKK lobby!” Everyone tells me YKK® dominates zipper procurement. I think this is why I’m having such a tough time obtaining federal funding for something EVERYRead More…
Yes, ANY Material
So many prospective customers always ask me, “What can you make the zipper out of?” I always answer, “Any material.” There are materials that we’ve already made closures out of and materials that we haven’t made closures out of…yet. And, yes, we probably could make a closure out of staleRead More…
Little But Mighty
The power of standardization is that ZS closures are ALWAYS air-tight, water-tight, and gas-tight no matter their size. The shape is constant. The only difference is the dimensions of the shape. The ZS closure can be smaller, larger, or the same size as an old-fashioned closure…such as aRead More…
Website Redesign
For the past two weeks, the Zipr Shift website has been under construction. The website that we launched with and that had been up for about 6 months was really terrible. It wasn’t mobile responsive. It was not fit for a tech company. My apologies. I didn’t know what IRead More…
Klōs® Up
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipppppp! The zipper is an onomatopoeia. In the 1920s B.F. Goodrich used the device on boots and gave it the name “zipper” after the zip sound that it makes when opened or closed. The zipper’s sound comes from the slider rubbing against the teeth of the zipper. Both theRead More…
Happy New Year: 2017
This year marks the 166th year since the first zipper was created. 2016 was a rough year for Zipr Shift in that our biggest customer in the protective gear market, the Department of Defense, wants to steal our technology instead of help us. But, we successfully marketed the productRead More…
Research Breakthrough from an Individual, Non-Credentialed Scientist
In dealing with the U.S. Army this year, I know they find it incredulous that I invented the solution to a problem they’ve been trying to solve for decades. Well, I did. They’re just going to have to accept that. I mean, they could remain in denial; however, they needRead More…
Super Strong Slider
Zipr Shift’s zipper tape is super strong. But, so is our slider. There exists an ASTM zipper strength test method called “Slider Tab Pull Off Strength.” This test quantifies how much energy it takes to pull the tab off of a zipper slider. ____________________________________ Cam Lock Pull Tab Holder weakestRead More…
Bags Should Open Like Bags
Purses, totes, briefcases, book bags, and handbags are all packages. They carry things. Why don’t their zippers reflect that? Well, there has never been a durable packaging zipper to use on fabric bags…until now. Introducing durable packaging zippers for fabric bags! The one and only Zipr Shift zipper.