Sleefs wants your arms, or at least the outside of them. Headquartered in South Florida and founded in 2012, Sleefs offers a line of popular compression sleeves. The sleeves are similar to the ones athletes use to prevent cramping and to stimulate blood flow in hard-working limbs. They are available in a range of custom designs, or branded with leading sports teams.
Author: Jon VanZile
Jon VanZile
I've covered a variety of subjects for national publications, including b2b marketing, home & garden, politics and news, medicine, diet and nutrition, the pet trade, and many others. My writing has appeared in media outlets including Fine Gardening, Tribune Company newspapers (Sun-Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Newsday), the former About.com (a New York Times Company property), iVillage (NBC Universal), eDiets, Better Homes & Gardens publications, and dozens of leading trade magazines.
Emad Beshara, CEO of Kray-Z Closeouts, is fairly sure of at least one thing: buyers will find his prices “crazy low.” “We’re known for our low pricing,” he explains. “That’s why we picked the name Kray-Z Closeouts.” Founded three years ago, today Kray-Z Closeouts operates from a huge facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California, into which pours a stream of new product every day.
Looking for the perfect product for the grown up kid or budding outdoorsman with a flair for the dramatic? Then look no further than a precision throwing tomahawk. Offered by ThrowerSupply.com, a division of KCW Holdings, LLC, based in Springville, Utah, the product is designed and weighted for throwing; no more bouncing off the target or hitting handle first.
Now might be the perfect time to get into the watch and jewelry business, or expand into new product lines. Experts in the fashion jewelry and watch market say the improving economy has been good for business in almost every sector of the market.
RSVP Skin Care has found the secret ingredient to healthy skin: dragon’s blood. Extracted from a rare tree that grows only in the Indian Ocean, RSVP has built a line of exclusive, all organic skin care products around this “fantastic ingredient,” says RSVP President, Jesse Witham.
Fashion-Cent is confident it has the best wholesale prices in the garment and accessory business. According to Seth Duncan, national sales manager, the company has developed an innovative “sliding price scale” that discounts bulk orders of products up to 90 percent off wholesale price.
The Bug-A-Salt works on a very simple, very original idea: it shoots a tiny pinch of ordinary table salt with deadly accuracy at flying insects, killing them instantly. From a distance of two to four feet, the gun shoots a six to eight inch shotgun pattern, making it easy to target flies, mosquitoes, and other flying insects on screens, windows, light fixtures or tables.
Parker Trade Shows is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary, which is great news for Southwest retailers. Growing from a single show, today Parker Trade Shows hosts four trade shows every year, with exhibitors in everything from fine jewelry to apparel, home goods, fashion bags, and handmade crafts. The next show is June 27–29 at the San Antonio Event Center.
The way WowBacon sees it, everybody loves to eat bacon, but no one likes actually cooking it. “However you cook bacon, it’s a mess,” says Harlan Kerson, a consultant with WowBacon’s parent company, Chalnj, LLC. “If you cook it on the stovetop, there’s splatter. If you cook it in the oven, there’s tinfoil and all that grease. Even in the microwave, there’s paper towels, and the bacon sticks to it so you have to peel it off and there is still grease everywhere.”
Squire Boone Village has finally solved the “problem with jawbreakers” with a surprisingly simple approach: a lollipop stick. Slobber Jawbbers are the brainchild of company president and CEO Rick Conway, who carried the concept around in his head for years before finally figuring out a way to bring the perfect novelty jawbreaker to market.