Why bigger doesn't necessarily mean better.

We all agree that this is a delicate and challenging time, and, for all of us, at a certain point, the moment arrives when we stop thinking about how to fill up the time we suddenly have now and start thinking about how we were living our lives before all this started, and what we would like to change in the next future.

Here at Saint Gregory we find ourselves thinking about why bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. Our tailoring business, as most of the other traditional tailoring in Naples and Italy, is not what we could call a big multinational company or an industry: we would refer to ourselves as a small handicraft company, composed of people that live close-knit together every day, like a family.

Working in such a contest means to know each other on a personal level, to be linked by relations of trust, respect, and friendship. It means watching people in the eyes and help those in difficulty. It means that every single person is vital to perform efficiently but at the same time, it is the team that takes home the prize. All must give the best for much it competes with everyone. The same relationship we build with our partners. We would say the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Usually, for companies, the main objective is growth – in size and profitability. However, as most of us have experienced, corporate growth can actually reduce the quality of products and customer service. We would never compromise on that. So that' what we expect for our future: as always, there will be the right moment to unwind and noisily celebrate successes, after phases made of silence, like when we are all committed and concentrated on making the deadlines or satisfying our customers.

This is the moment to focus on how to get through this challenge, so distant and yet so close in our hearts, but we are sure that, all together, we will win.

Saint Gregory Team