Big Retail Weekend, How Did We Do?

The biggest retail weekend of the year has just passed and we nailed it with a monster weekend in sales. Taking a proactive approach this year along with some research we were able to implement a quality marketing plan to seize the weekend. The numbers speak for themselves cause we shipped out about 120 orders today compared to our previous biggest weekend of 75. That was just the weekend, as Cyber Monday winds down we also killed it on this big online retail day. Check the picture out of how many packages we shipped out today.

This is just the beginning of the holiday retail season and we got a long way to go. Hopefully we keep the sales going and finish the year strong. I got to say it’s been one heck of a day today and tomorrow is going to be no different, I’m out for the night.

My Monthly Charity November 2008

The charity that I’ve selected this month is the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York which is also the charity we chose for the Commerce with a Conscience program from Tastefully Driven. With the Commerce with the Conscience program we donated 5% of our pretax profits from Tastefully Driven to the Regional Food Bank this year.

The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York is out to help feed the poor and hungry. Through large donations of food from the food industry, the Regional Food Bank then distributes the food to organizations that help feed the hungry. As a member of Feed America the Regional Food Bank of Notheastern New York is part of the nationwide network fighting hunger in America.

“The mission of the Regional Food Bank is to be a leader in reducing hunger and alleviating poverty. We work toward this mission by ensuring that all products available for donation reach the Food Bank and are distributed judiciously to our member agencies; by practicing responsible stewardship; and by actively participating in the community to increase awareness of hunger and poverty.” - Regional Food Bank Mission Statement

With a struggling economy and a worldwide slow down the Regional Food Bank is all the more important in tough times. I’m very happy that we were able to contribute to fighting hunger through the Commerce with a Conscience program that we run at Tastefully Driven. If you can spare some money, make a donation to help those that are less fortunate in these tough times.