The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity in getting all of our major retailer orders out the door. To date we are now shipping to Wal-Mart, OfficeDepot, Staples, Walgreen, CVS, Fed Ex Kinko’s, Publix, AAFES, Fred Meyer. The list keeps growing and at this point we are now focused on becoming a good supplier. I.e, don’t screw things up on these first big orders, ship on time, make sure all the barcodes are accessible to the cashiers, etc.  In other words, to quote a good friend of mine “Dont ship sh*t”.  These big retailers dont want to “Buy” problems as one of them once told me. A quick way to bankrupt your company is to lose sight of this. The dream of getting this placed in as many stores as possible to let everyone try it at least once is actually materializing before our eyes. Scary thought when it actually starts to happen.

We have also been on some major roadtrips to not only build international distribution but to visit our manufacturing operations in the Far East.  By far though the coolest place we have visited is Dubai. The trip was set up to meet all of the major distributors and wholesalers in the Middle East region. It was a real eye opener and a successful trip. Some of the pictures above detail the experience. It was strange to be in the desert and ski at a Shopping mall ski resort. To be honest, the snow was pretty good.