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"SewDays...at first I thought, oh, these are so easy, why would anyone come to class for this....shame on me! I forget that there are so so many beginners out there plus those lovers of being a groupie! It has been marvelous! Crazy how much folks are loving these classes! So far the average purchase for each attendee is over $100 per session, I love that! " —Marcia Nagel, Pine Needles Quilt & Sew 2

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On Our Cover Lustre by Banyan Batiks for Northcott Fabrics joins the Banyan Batiks Essentials Line.

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4 Exclusive Member Benefits

Give your shop a boost with the tools you’ll learn in Shopowner Boot Camp, starting Sept. 11. And host Local Quilt Shop Day 2020 on Saturday, Jan. 25.

See details.

4 Promotional Calendar Ideas

Use these calendars as a springboard for planning themed events and classes in your shop.

Inside 8 The Challenges of Owning 2 Shops:

One Modern, One Traditional

Brenda Ratliff shares what she’s learned since taking on a second store, in a different “genre.” Hint: It’s more different, and challenging, than she expected.

12 The Rubber Band

The Law of Trust, Tula Style

Sandy Pirdy interviews Tula Pink about her inspiration and along the way gains insights into the designer’s successes—and a few tips for the future of our industry.

18 The Necessary Evil of Mrs. Hanson

The Case Against a Full Class Roster

Karen Hanson provides food for thought on the necessity and profitability of holding classes in your store and shares alternatives you might consider.

23 Designer Spotlight

Pearl Louise Krush, Pearl Louise Designs

“I have always loved creating,” says Krush, who’s taken that love in a number of directions over her career. Her latest inspiration? Vintage campers!

24 Denim Inspiration

Denim is not just for blue jeans, and here’s a gallery to prove it! America’s favorite fabric and denim-inspired prints are just right for sewing projects of all kinds.

30 Be the Expert Shear Details

Quilters love the rotary cutter, but Karen Montgomery revisits the various kinds of scissors and shears that may “cut a path” to new sales in your shop.

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32 Profitable Promotions

Using Your Checkout Area for Add-on Sales

Keep the creative inspiration going at your checkout area and show customers “one more thing” before they complete their purchase. Donelle McAdams explains how.

34 The Fine Print

Can You Charge a Fee for Credit Card Transactions?

Brian Powers discusses credit card surcharges and other fees you might charge to recoup merchant fees. But even if they’re allowed in your state, should you charge them?

36 Social Connection

The 2 E’s of Social Media Content

Cheryl Sleboda spells out the two types of content for posting on social media and how to make each one work for your business.

38 Marketplace Sales Tax Collection

Are you selling via marketplace facilitators, such as Etsy, or eBay, or to customers in other states? If so, learn about the new and different tax obligations you may face.

40 Customer Loyalty Program Survey Results

See how your fellow shopowners responded to a survey about customer loyalty programs. How do they compare with your own experience? Is it time for change?

42 Advertiser Index 42 Market Kickoff Dinner Party

Time once again for this perennially popular pre-Market party! Book the hotel now to take advantage of FabShop’s block of rooms for members.

44 FabShop Finds

Introducing new fabrics, patterns and notions to inspire your customers’ creativity and enhance the sewing process.

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Rag-A-Muffin Rug

Our chat with designer and FabShop member Pearl Louise Krush began with her recalling that her earliest memories are of the fun of making and creating things. “I have always loved creating,” she says.

Lace Leads to Patterns

Krush got into the textile industry when she realized she had no creative outlet. She joined the Society of Craft Designers, in which she made some valuable connections. Soon after, she was offered a position with a New York lace company.

Krush’s responsibility there was to create and teach others how to make items using pregathered lace. During her time there, she invented a special needle for working with lace.

She also started designing patterns to showcase the lace she was working with.

This led Krush to begin designing her own patterns. Her first were an array of soft dolls. The first design she published was a set of chicken-themed kitchen appliance covers. The set was featured in Family Circle magazine. This is when she started her pattern company, Pearl Louise Designs, in 1989.

Quilt World Opens Up

The designer’s next stop was International Quilt Market. A whole new world opened up, a new arm of the textile industry for which she could design projects. It didn’t take her long to realize that creating designs for the hobby and sewing industries is what she truly loved.

Not having yet embarked on quilting, Krush opened a quilt shop in 1993 when her local shop closed its doors.

By opening her own shop, she could continue to develop her designs with all the wonderful fabric that was available only at quilt shops.

Krush owned Thimble Cottage Quilt Village for 20 years. She transitioned from there to marketing her work online through her wholesale website full-time.

Behind the Designs

Krush says her designs typically start with a name. One of her first bestselling patterns was named Shivers. “He was a cute

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snowman wearing a buffalo plaid vest, a sweet smile, and a carrot nose” the designer remembers.

“Stash busting is my goal when designing new projects,” says Krush. In fact, she says, her stash-busting Rag-A-Muffin Rugs were her bestsellers recently at Spring Quilt Market.

Krush also researches and studies trends. “I’m always looking for that one thing that excites me. While visiting Yellowstone National Park a few years ago I saw a vintage camper that had a flat tire. It gave me the idea to design a block-of-themonth quilt that would feature vintage campers.”

Since then that idea has become a fabric line, several patterns, and now a new book, Blizzard Buddies Go Camping.

Krush tells us that she recently purchased a vintage camper, which was lovingly named Stella. She’s filled the camper with all of the projects that it has inspired. Next on the agenda for “Stella,” Krush says, is a pop-up shop.

When asked about the favorite tools she uses in her craft, the designer said she has “so many,” but one of her favorites is the Frixion Erase Pen. “I design a lot of hand embroidery patterns and this tool is so helpful,” she says. Her favorite notions are great scissors, rulers and rotary cutters, and she uses the walking foot on her sewing machine all the time.

Creating and Sharing

Pearl Louise Krush has been a very busy creator. Over the years she has published over 20 books and has designed many fabric collections. She’s designed and published hundreds of projects and patterns for the home dec, sewing, and quilting industries; and she’s designed tools and products for the sewing and gift industry. Companies she has worked for include Craft World, Wang’s, Queen Craft, Wyla Lace,

D E S I G N E R S P OT L I G H T

Pearl Louise Designs Pearl Louise Krush

Annie’s, Herrschners, Troy Corporation, The Warm Company, and Midwest Textiles.

Today, besides designing, she lectures and teaches at quilt shops, retreats, and other industry events and venues. She has been featured in numerous magazines, trade journals, and video productions for PBS.

Book: Blizzard Buddies Go Camping

by Pearl Louise Krush

Our chat with Pearl Louise concluded with her telling us that she loves music, chocolate, puppies, and fishing with her husband. We love you, Pearl Louise Krush!

Keep doing what you’re doing.

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Snowflake Mug Rug project from Pearl's book.

Winter Glamping BOM

Ornament projects from Pearl's book.

Seams Like a Dream

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Noodlehead

Tote Patterns

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Explorer Tote

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Art Gallery Fabrics

The Denim Studio

Solid Smooth Denim 80% Cotton, 20% Poly Denim 4.5oz (888) 420-5399 artgalleryfabrics.com

Art Gallery Fabrics

The Denim Studio

Denim Prints 100% Cotton Denim 4.5oz

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Once in a Blue Mood

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by Yolanda Fundora 17 SKUs (212) 686-5194 blankquilting.net

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The Fika Tote Wool + Wax Tote

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4.5oz

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Breeze

by Brigitte Heitland, Zen Chic 32 SKUs 100% Cotton

Chambray 100% Cotton

(800) 527-9447 modafabrics.com

Zen Chic

Stitched Denim Quilt

by Brigitte Heitland brigitteheitland.de

Zen Chic

London Blues Quilt

by Brigitte Heitland brigitteheitland.de

n o i t a inspir Azara Art Patchwork

Denim Patchwork Chair

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Euro-notions

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Indygo Junction

Cutting Edge Jacket Pattern Sizes: S–2XL

(800) 845-4948 indygojunction.com

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Robert Kaufman Fabrics

6oz

Canyon Colored Denim

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35% Poly, 65% Cotton Denim 6oz (800) 877-2066 robertkaufman.com 6oz

StudioKat Designs

6oz

EE Schenck Company

Denim

100% Cotton Denim (503) 284-4124 eeschenck.com

The Odyssey Pattern

by Kathy Southern

(866) 409-8634 studiokatdesigns.com

14oz

12oz 4oz

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Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Railroad Denim

12oz

100% Cotton Denim

Bean Bag & Teddy Bear Inspirational Rendering

(800) 877-2066 robertkaufman.com

EE Schenck Company

Stafford Jean Jacket Pattern

Andover Fabrics

Almost Blue

by The Sewing Workshop Sizes: XS–2XL

by Libs Elliott 24 SKUs 100% Cotton

(503) 284-4124 eeschenck.com

(800) 223-5678 andoverfabrics.com

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Indygo Junction

Button Back Shirt Pattern

Sizes: XS–3X

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10oz

Indygo Junction

Grab & Go Tote Pattern

Size: 10”x12” (closed) (800) 845-4948 indygojunction.com

Art Gallery Fabrics

The Denim Studio

Crosshatch Textured Denim 100% Cotton Denim 10oz (888) 420-5399 artgalleryfabrics.com FabShop News ︱ August 2019 9

Art Gallery Fabrics

The Denim Studio

Quilt on bed: Constellate, 41"x54" Quilt on wall: Dec., 45½"x32½"

(888) 420-5399 artgalleryfabrics.com

n o i t a inspir Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Denim Patchwork

100% Cotton Denim 7.37oz (800) 877-2066 robertkaufman.com

EE Schenck Company

Chic Newsboy Cap

by Terri Degenkolb Whimsicals (503) 284-4124 eeschenck.com

StudioKat Designs

The HipBag Hybrid Pattern

by Kathy Southern Piecing by Diane Rhodes (866) 409-8634 studiokatdesigns.com

Northcott

Got the Blues 10 SKUs 100% Cotton

(800) 223-6337 northcott.com

Colette Patterns

Negroni Shirt Pattern

Size: XS–2XL colettepatterns.com

Vivilux

Rita’s Racques

The Ruler Rac

36”x5”x.25” Holds as many as 42 rulers and up to 25lbs.

(612) 816-7131 rrrulerrack.com

FabShop

Rechargeable LED Task Lamp

Bendable, bright natural daylight lamp.

5.5”x12.5”

finds (727) 669-7700 viviluxusa.com

Hip Stitch

Jerry's Jellyroll Jig Designed after a bias tape maker. Accepts 2.5" fabric and batting strips.

(505) 821-2739 hipstitchabq.com

Checker Distributors

Creative Grids Charming Itty-Bitty Eights Ruler

by Lisa Bongean Rectangle XL 8”x24”, Square XL 15”x15” (727) 669-7700 checkerdist.com

Turtle Hand Batiks

Romantik Batik (972) 795-5701 turtlehand.com

McCall Pattern Company

Misses’ Button-Down Shirt

It’s Sew Emma

Mini Stash ‘n Store (866) 826-2069 itssewemma.com

B6376 butterick.mccall.com

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SHEAR DETAILS Be the Expert

by Karen Montgomery, sewposium.info

As a shopowner, you spend a considerable amount of time looking for new techniques, new fabric, new designers— new, new, new—to keep your shop filled with the latest and greatest. I’m all for new products and new perspectives, but I believe that every now and then looking back can be just as refreshing. I’m specifically thinking about scissors.

Are your customers collectors? The limited-edition decorative-handle Gingher sets might be exactly what will make them invest in a high-quality scissors that will last a lifetime. If you prefer to carry products that are not found in big-box stores, check out the Kai brand.

Quilters do most of their cutting with a rotary cutter, but that doesn’t mean that scissors have become obsolete.

Everyone who works with fabric needs a good, solid pair of bent-handle fabric shears. Growing up, I learned a healthy respect for my mother’s Ginghers. I was taught early on that the gleaming silver finish was designed to show the fingerprints of any guilty party that dared to touch them without permission.

Are you offering a sharpening service?

If you are selling scissors that can be sharpened, consider hosting a professional “scissors smith” once or twice a year. To find a professional, ask a local hairdresser or barber. These people make their living with sharp scissors and generally know who does sharpening in your area.

When I operated my store, we used the black Elan Scissors from Moda at our cutting table. Lightweight, serviceable and reasonably priced, the Elan scissors can hold up through a few sharpenings.

Why, you ask, would I opt for scissors instead of a rotary cutter at the cutting table? Fewer accidents, lower workers’ comp, no mats to replace, and a built-in groove in the cutting table.

There are a variety of specialty scissors that your customers can be persuaded to include in their toolbox. Karen Kay Buckley's Perfect Scissors with microserrated blades come in three sizes.

The handles have large finger openings that are greatly appreciated by those with larger hands.

Selling Scissors in Your Shop No matter what scissors you use in your business, you can offer your customers a range of other choices and qualities to use in their own sewing, quilting and fabric crafting.

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Regardless of the scissors you stock, your staff should know its benefits so they can discuss these advantages with your customers. One of the best selling points of high-quality scissors and shears is that they can be professionally sharpened.

Specialty Scissors

It’s the micro-serrated blades that made me a fan. Try demonstrating cutting a piece of satin ribbon with standard scissors without holding the ribbon taut.

The ribbon will slide along the blade.

Then demo the Perfect Scissors. The micro-serrated blades grip the satin and cut cleanly. Customers who enjoy hand

appliqué, intricate paper piecing or collage really value these quality tools.

At the time of this writing the Perfect Scissors in the 6” size is ranked #3 on the Checker Distributors Top Notions list.

The 4” size is ranked #8. The top-selling rotary cutter is ranked #17.

Make sure that you price-compare the Perfect Scissors with the Tim Holtz brand before selecting one of these styles to stock in your shop. Holtz’s brand features only red handles, but it seems to feel a bit sturdier than the Perfect Scissors when cutting multiple layers.

Embroidery If machine embroidery is part of your regular inventory, then you are already aware of the varieties of scissors—bent, curved, double bent, pointed, hooked, snips, clips and so on—for trimming appliqué shapes, snipping jump threads, and dealing with stabilizers.

Specialty Product Sales, owner of the Famore brand, generally has a booth at Market. There you can try its products and choose the variety that you would like to offer your customers. The Famore brand is available direct and through most major distributors.

Lower-Cost Options Not all the scissors you stock need to be of the highest quality. Some of your customers will fall into the “spend less and buy new when they wear out” category.

Mid-price. If you choose to offer a scissors in the mid-price range, again choose a brand that is not available in

usually available as a counter display.

Scissors sets in a variety of prints and colors will move quickly at the counter near your register. Promote these as serviceable, but disposable. Once dull, they will never be sharpened.

styles and qualities. If you deal with several distributors, check their websites to compare prices as well as styles before ordering. Around the holiday season these scissors also make great stocking stuffers and small gifts for all the members of anyone’s sewing group.

Make this bulk-buying suggestion part of your 12 Days of Christmas promotion.

Convenience. Inexpensive scissors

In the Pink

a big-box store. Elan by Moda and Bohin are good choices.

Impulse buys. Low-cost scissors are

are perfect for customers’ project boxes that they bring to class. The quilter can simply drop a pair in the box with the project and leave it there until the project is finished. The fun-shaped scissors aren’t made for heavy cutting, but they are fine for snipping threads when hand sewing.

Bulk buying and giving. Low-cost scissors displays come in a variety of

Exposed seams, likewise, can be pinked to prevent fraying.

Pinking shears work well for trimming outside curves, as on candle mats and mug rugs with rounded corners. The zigzag blades notch the seam allowance quickly and evenly, removing bulk so the seam allowance will fit smoothly inside when the project is turned to the right side.

Order a new pair of pinking shears for yourself and your staff to demonstrate and see how many uses you can find for them.

The one pair of scissors that it seems every grandma had, which is completely underused today, is pinking shears.

These won’t be the first pair of scissors anyone reaches for, but in the right circumstances they’re indispensable.

Grandma was one smart cookie. Take a look back to her day, before rotary cutting, and rediscover all the uses for scissors of all kinds and “cut a path” to new sales in your shop.

The most obvious use is to prevent fraying. Pinking shears can be used to trim fabric edges before prewashing.

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fun fact...

Karen Kay Buckley's Perfect Scissors 

Bohin 4" Angled Embroidery Scissors 

Shear Details "ran" into this curious pair of scissors that was purchased for a staggering $66,000.

Running Scissors, by the artist Sigmar Polke, belongs to the Sies + Hök collection in Düsseldorf.

The sterling silver pair of scissors with fishnet stockings was one of the few sculptures created by the painter in 1966. It was most recently on display at Art Basel Miami Beach. It was intended to be part of an edition of 77, but only 33 were made.

Bohin  Tropical Birds & Hooty Owls Embroidery Scissors

Gingher 8" Juniper Dressmaker Scissors 

Tim Holtz 9.5" Titanium Shears 

Bohin bohin.fr/en_GB Famore Mini Stitch Scissors 

Elan modafabrics.com

Photo credit: news.artnet.com

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Elan 8" Dressmaker Scissors 

Kai Scissors 9" Professional Shears 

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USING YOUR CHECKOUT AREA

for add-on sales

Profitable Promotions

by Donelle McAdams, sewbizmarion.com

Let’s say you’ve updated your store displays, designated new products with bright signs, crafted your signage to be eye-catching and informative, and made the store clean and inviting. What’s left?

How about the checkout area? Are you using it to promote further sales? When the customer is facing you, you have direct eye contact and the perfect opportunity for add-on sales.

Class schedule. Even if you list this on your website, have

Meeting Customer Needs

Most customers come to your store for inspiration. Offer this at the checkout counter! Feature a new pattern, project, tool or technique that can be explained easily and quickly or even demonstrated right at the counter. Have the products nearby that are needed to complete the project so you can add them to the sale. If a customer hasn’t seen a technique or project, most likely it is new to them even if it is years old to you. Take advantage of the opportunity not only to educate customers, but to add to their sale. Some examples:

Picture the checkout area (or areas) in your shop. You may need to expand or reposition your checkout to better serve your customer and increase sales.

Is your checkout area neat and tidy, or cluttered with “stuff”?

You should have a large, clean surface for customers to place their merchandise at a comfortable height. Make the area inviting and keep it that way. If you need to declutter, make it a priority to do so, to use the space most effectively.

Since your checkout counter is “information central” in your store, it’s the place for notices of all kinds, as follows:

Store policies. Use professional signage for store policies

that need to be posted, including your return policy and machine repair policy, if applicable. All information should be stated in a positive way. Ideally these signs would be placed on a wall behind the counter so they are visible but not glaring. With the options available today, you may even choose to have a crafter make a sign on canvas, slate or wood.

hard copies available for customers to pick up when they are in the store. Include enough information to entice customers to sign up on the spot. Have the class projects located in one area and clearly marked with the class title, time(s), date(s), cost, kit fees and other supplies. Class sign-ups increase when customers can see the actual project or technique that is going to be taught.

Highlighting Special Items

•. Misting bottles and Mary Ellen’s Best Press.

(Have a misting bottle filled with water to demonstrate the advantage of transferring the Best Press to the misting bottle: The finer mist gives better coverage with less product; it will last one-third longer.)  •. Clam Up Zippered Pouches by byannie.com  •. Jelly-Roll Rugs by RJ Designs  •. Hot Stuff Oven Mitt by Around the Bobbin  •. Sasher tools by Pauline’s Quilters World  •. Creative Grids Folded Corner Clipper by Susan Nelson 

Event promotions. These materials may include posters,

postcards and any form of advertising to promote your events and classes. Using VistaPrint.com is an excellent, thrifty way to create posters, postcards, business cards and brochures.

These enable you to present your business in a professional way to your customers. Postcards are small enough to be on the counter and can be used as bag stuffers for an upcoming event. They are colorful for a small price and again, much more professional than a piece of paper. (Enlist the help of your virtual assistant, if you have one.)

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 Mary Ellen's Best Press

by Mary Ellen Products

Spray Misting Bottles

by Mrs. Bobbins Designs

Have everything ready to talk about or to demonstrate the item. This is a great way to inspire customers and educate them while showing new (or not so new) product. Your checkout counter should not be the first place they stop in your store, but have items like these available so you can show them “one more thing” before they complete their purchase.

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Offering ‘Tempting Treats' Clam Up Zippered Pouches by byannie.com

Jelly-Roll Rug by RJ Designs

In my store, I placed a multitier shelf near my checkout so I could tempt customers with “treats” that were easily accessible as they were preparing to check out. Change and rearrange items weekly. Items to place in this area could include the following: •. It’s Sew Emma organizers  •. Candy Bar fabric packs (2½”x5” cuts)  •. Postcard patterns •. Sewing and quilting charms and other jewelry

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 Hot Stuff Oven Mitt

by Around the Bobbin

Sasher Tools

by Pauline’s Quilters World

•. A new type of scissors •. Lanyards for small scissors •. Sewing/quilting gift items such as mugs, stationery, puzzles •. Mini irons 

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•. Nail files with sewing/quilting themes

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Stash ‘n Store by It’s Sew Emma

Folded Corner Clipper Tool

by Creative Grids

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 Candy Bar Fabric Packs (2½”x5” cuts)

Oliso Mini Project Iron™

I couldn’t close out a section on “tempting treats” without mentioning a candy dish with mints or seasonal candy. (In my store, we called these “mailman mints” because our mail carrier would come in to the store instead of leaving our mail in the box because he liked to take a handful of mints!) Bulk candy makes the perfect complimentary treat to thank your customers for doing business with you and has them leaving the shop with sweet thoughts dancing in their heads!

As you incorporate these suggestions into your checkout area, also take time to educate your entire staff to promote and sell the items. You also might consider printing business cards for all employees to hand out to customers they have helped personally. (The cards can be an employee ego booster too.) A staff that is prepared and motivated to promote and sell is your No. 1 priority.

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