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In fact, Teters said, \u201cThey find us!\u201d The company is so well established that they don\u2019t need to advertise. \u201cWe have a waitlist of about 50 to 100 deep right now of companies that want to buy from us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These customers come from all over the globe. \u201cWe have several hundred custom hatters throughout the country and some around the world \u2014 Canada, Germany, Japan, Australia \u2014 that buy from us,\u201d Teters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teters has been at the company since he graduated high school, working his way up from the bottom to become the general manager. Having worked most of the positions at the company over the years gives him an expert knowledge of the craft he now manages. Teters believes in the company and its exceptional products but said the customers and employees are the heart of his motivation. He values the loyalty of his customers because he knows they can buy their hats elsewhere, sometimes cheaper if imported. Supporting this local business has a ripple effect that also supports other employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know, there are 40-plus employees here, but on the backside, our job here probably represents another 2,000 to 3,000 people,\u201d Teters said. \u201cIf you go to Texas or Wyoming and walk into a store that makes hats, there is a really good chance they are getting them here. If they have salespeople, people finishing hats, and all the other employees \u2014 they have those jobs because we supply the bodies. It\u2019s not just about us.\u201d It is a community that Teters has built through trust, dedication, and a well-made, fur-lined hat. GN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n JEFF TETERS, general manager of the Winchester Hat Corporation for 25 years, said the city of Winchester has always been well known for making hats. Although this hat company was established by the Stratton family out of Illinois in 1971, there has been a hat manufacturer in Winchester since at least the mid-1950s. Teters said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":23874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n
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