Once everyone agreed in regards to what he or she needed to ease the pain of a recession, he made sure everyone knew how the plan worked.
“Unfortunately, we have to make ourselves a little smaller, we have to make inventory smaller, we have to work on significant expense reduction,” he says. “All those things a company does when there is a downturn.”
McPherson continues to talk with managers and employees to let them know how the plan is working.
“We have continued communication with the entire associate base, where we would bring groups into our main conference area and show them graphically where we are,” he says.
As a result, Antigua is emerging from the economic slump ready to secure an eagle. While many companies are still anxious about the future, McPherson and his team are looking forward.
Antigua celebrated its recent anniversary by signing with the PGA tour for another three years.
“We’ve been in business 30 years and those things are part of business. The peaks and valleys of business and the ups and the downs of the economy affect all businesses,” he says. “The good thing is that while it appears the economy is still a little tough we may have turned a corner a little bit.”
How to reach: The Antigua Group Inc., (623) 523-6000 or www.antigua.com
