Wren Storage - Material Handling News

This is what we are all about - Safety is our Business! I so wish I could list every last product that we can offer you for safety - but I do not have that much time, space, or really initiative! But here’s a peek - goggles, safety glasses, retractable box cutters, hats, gloves, helmets, knee pads, respirators, lab coats, disposable coveralls, hard hats, hard hats, and more hard hats, ear muffs, ear plugs, floor mats, ice grips for shoes, steel toe boots, hi viz gear, heat stress gear, cold weather gear, aprons, welding gear, back braces, Exit signs, eye wash stations, hard hats accessories, first aid, safety cones, and much much more……

“Product of the Week,” Traffic Cones - High Viz, one piece, withstands all temperatures, fade resistant, stackable when not in use - and as always GREAT PRICE!

The Pink Hard Hat Project was seen relaxing on the porch with a friend - check her out on Facebook, Twitter, and our Website - www.wrenstorage.com

Don’t forget by subscribing to one of our newsletters or by leaving positive feedback on one of our on-line venues you are entered into a monthly drawing to win a $20 merchandise credit along with a $10 shipping credit - of course certain restrictions apply! The website winner for May was Jessica C. - Way to Go Jessica - enjoy your credit - You deserve it!

Talk more next week - contact me by phone, by mail, or by email - Love to hear from you!

Continuing on with our awareness month’s news this week we will cover National Red Cross Month, National Irish -American Heritage Month - featuring St. Patrick’s Day, and National Optimism Month…..So here we go!

The Red Cross founded in 1881 by Clara Barton has been helping victims without prejudice of wildfire, power outage, earthquake, fire, flood, flu outbreak, winter storm, tornado, thunderstorm, heat wave, hurricane, landslide and more.  The Red Cross helps by being ready before, aiding during, and assisting after an event. They offer teaching and training on preparedness for home and family, workplace and employees, and school and students. They contact family members, offer shelter and supplies, help with recovery, and assist military members and their families. The Red Cross graciously accepts donations in the form of money, volunteers, blood donations, Make A Difference Campaign, and employment. Their humanitarian effort is led by volunteers and approximately $.92 of every dollar given is invested back into these efforts - WOW! That’s some great #’s - Keep up the good work! We all benefit every single day from the good deeds that this organization does whether we realize it or not.

Happy Irish American Heritage Month - I want to talk a bit about St. Patrick’s Day and how wildly popular this day has become recently for people of all backgrounds. Unknown to most this day marks the death of St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, not his birth.  He was taken prisoner at age 16 where he spent 6 years in captivity as a shepherd. Upon escaping he continued on in  the same land as a missionary for 15 more years.  Most stories of his life have been exaggerated and passed down through the years. This holiday has been a religious celebration in Ireland for over 1000 years, it is celebrated with dancing, drinking, and feasting on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage - YUMMY! Until the 1970’s Irish law mandated that all pubs be closed for the religious holiday - but the Irish government began a National campaign to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the world. As a result of that campaign last year about 1 million people celebrated in Dublin’s multi-day festival including parades. concerts, outdoor theatre productions, and fireworks shows! Now that’s a successful marketing campaign!

A sight to see in the U.S. is the Chicago River dyed green each year for this day - this tradition started back in 1962 as a way to detect pollution - the city workers marketed the idea and it became quite a hit. They used to pour in about 100 pounds of vegetable dye to make the river green for about a week, now they only use about 40 pounds and it filters out after a few hours. Although Chicago claims this to be an original idea, the residents of Savannah say their Mayor tried it first in 1961 and it failed due to bad weather conditions and was never tried again - well Savannah - Chicago made it work!

It’s also National Optimism Month - WOW! That’s inspiring! Now for the Product(s) of the week!!  Everything Green - safety glasses, gloves, welding clothes, hand trucks, storage containers, hats, hard hats, sweat bands, and much more - check it out!

Don’t forget we are always adding new products - so keep checking back! And did you know if you buy a product on our Website and give us positive feedback you are automatically entered into a drawing to win a $20 merchandise credit off of your next order with a complimentary $10 shipping credit! WOW! Just for awesome feedback that you would probably give anyway! Of course certain restrictions apply and the winner each month will be discreetly announced. Last month’s winner was William G. - Thanks William and congrats to you! Just so you know if you are a newsletter subscriber you are automatically entered each month - without having to do anything - so sign up - it’s easy!

I’ll talk to you again in a couple of days - until then………….

Hope you all got your orders in for the Red hard hats, Pink tool belts, and Purple aprons we offer - it’s a great Valentine’s Day gift for all those who you love and want to keep safe - nothing like a unique gift instead of the same old, same old we see year after year…….Just a suggestion - but I would know! Valentine’s Day has come a long way from silk and lace hand delivered valentines to mass produced paper cards to everyone you know and maybe don’t love, so why can’t we advance this very special holiday one more step and make it about safety too?! Come on - get creative - don’t fall in with the programmed masses - get a hard hat or tool belt - it’s what you don’t expect to get that’s a treat!

Did you know that February is Workplace Eye Safety Month????? Could there be a more meaningful awareness subject - OK for me! This subject hits home for me - I had what I thought was a workplace eye injury back in 1997 - turned out to be genetic - THANKS DAD! But I began to wonder why this happened to me - well, I guess I easily could have worn safety glasses while I was using a very strong industrial cleaner - that being said - we have a ton of safety glasses - inexpensive, nice looking, and saves the eyeball worries - get them - I DID!!!! We all know it - but I’m going to say it again - YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR EYES! If what you can do to save your eyesight is quick, easy, and cheap - why wouldn’t you do it?

Let’s talk stats - we started out the year with our website being so-so and by the end of January more than doubled the products you could get - WOW! That’s HUGE - but guess what??? Our goal for the end of March is to quadruple that! That’s a GREAT goal!  Check out this website - IT’S AWESOME! And obviously growing! If we can add this many products - imagine what you could find…….Talk more next week - WRITE ME!

Happy New Year to all! I wanted to start the first post of the year with some info about products in our catalog. What’s new, what’s coming, and so on.

We’re starting the year off with a special on a 4 way convertible hand truck. Get it now for $105.25! It’s a great deal, this is our number one selling hand truck. It’s light weight, versitile, travels well, will convert to 3 positions, with 4 options.

Later this month look for additions to the womens line of safety products. We’ll be adding some ladies styles of safety glasses, work gloves, and tool belts. Who knows what else we may find to add as well.

2009 will bring lots of changes to our company. We’ve added staff starting this month - one in shipping and one in the office. This will help us to expand our product line, and handle the volume of shipping we need to do. We like to have products shipped out within 24 - 48 hours.

New products will be added almost daily. From welding safety, to fall protection, to additonal products in the lines we currently carry…. more safety glasses, hard hats, gloves, protective clothing. We’ll also be adding more to the brand names section. Currently we have Harley Davidson safety glasses, hard hats, and welder gloves. Smith and Wesson, and DeWalt, safety glasses. We want to build on that. Winchester, AO, Orange County Chopper, NFL series, Collegiate, MSA, Bullard, and more.

Additionally we’re planning a line of articles to help you understand the various safety regulations. ANSI has many standards for items, but do you know which is right for you? We’re working on that.

So check us out as we continue to grow. Bookmark us, and watch for the changes.

It’s not easy staying on top of things in the world of an ever changing internet scheme. We sell on various venues, eBay, Amazon, and our website, as well we have dozens of suppliers - this mix keeps us constantly evaluating, and changing our inventory.

eBay changes as often as most people change their clothing, difficult is a kind word to describe the pains involved in managing that side of our business. eBay often makes it difficult to keep up, especially for a small company with limited manpower resources. They roll out changes often with little testing to see how well it works, bugs are a normal thing, yet they continue to have traffic, so we will continue to list our products there.

This week I have been updating our product line in anticipation of next weeks eBay changes, which take effect on Tuesday, Sept 16th. It’s required me to update every one of our 1000+ listings, when in fact I would like to spend time writing another 1000 listings - we have a new supplier for safety supplies and I’m itching to get the products out there!  Regardless, I must finish the updates before I can write the new product. I’ll get it done over the weekend, and then be on the lookout for some new stuff. Harley Davidson hard hats & safety glasses, Americana safety gear, and many other items that have a flair to them, not just the plain colors any more!