Sales are S-L-O-W this time of year in New England. As a result, we will be making a marketing trip to the southeastern corner of the U.S. later this month. We are hoping that this will be just the beginning of our expansion!
L.L. Bean is celebrating 100 years of business this year. As loyal customers for as long as we can remember, David and I have been inspired by the story of this backwoods Mainer who turned an idea and $400 borrowed from his brother into a multimillion dollar company. He found creative ways to be successful even through the Great Depression when it seemed the rest of the world was falling apart. It sure would be nice to sit down and have a chat with him. I bet he could tell us a thing or two about getting Tote Road off the ground in a tough economy.
Hopefully in a few weeks I'll need to update our "retailers" tab in a big way!
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