This week, Trail Blazer was closed to celebrate Christmas. This means Trail Blazer did nothing this week!!! so there was nothing for my blog. That was until my boy, Travis, gave me the idea of writing a “2012 Year in Review” … I hope you enjoy the look back!!! January,We were very pleased when we reviewedthe results of our new product launch. The launch of Trail Blazer’s new Reverse-D Handle Snow Shovels, made in Nova Scotia. During the launch, Redmond’s Home Hardware, in Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia, sold out of the snow shovels twice, with only 2 snow falls and in only 2 months. The popularity grew so much and so fast that the Nova Scotiamade Reverse-D Handle Snow Shovels received media attention withCTV’s

This week, the Trail Blazer team successfully brings their projects to a conclusion for 2012 year, as they prepare to shut down for their well deserved Christmas Break (Trail Blazer will be closed between December 24th and January 1st) and they finished the year with Trail Blazer first annual “Ugly Sweater” contest … Read on to discover the winner. Monica Furlotte with Supplier Development received the samples from our newest supplier, to set-up production for 2013. The samples were approved, allowing Russell Metals in Halifax to begin providing aluminum for our Telescopic Loppers. Since the mid 90s, Russel Metals acquired several companies in metals distribution, including: Comco Pipe, Pioneer Pipe, Sunbelt Group, Triumph Tubular & Supply, Spartan Steel Products, A.J. Forsyth, Arrow Steel Processors,

This Week, Beaver Bay Sports requested to become one of Trail Blazer’s newest dealers. I delivered Trail Blazer’s Reverse D-Handle Snow Shovels to Lunenburg Hardware. I visited Blomidon Nurseries, in Wolfville, to touch up their product display. I visited the buyer with Tim-Br Marts in Atlantic Canada and we continue to ship our snow shovels. Jessica Wartman with Beaver Bay Sports, a snowmobile dealer on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, wanted to purchase some of Trail Blazer’s survival saws and requested to become a dealer or buy direct from us. I responded … I’d love to sell you some of Trail Blazer products. Beaver Bay Sports is a small family owned and operated business and Minnesota’s leading dealer of recreational sports equipment

This week, a new customer, QVIST Outdoor in the Netherlands ordered Trail Blazer Products. Market Street Ace Hardware in the United States ordered Trail Blazer’s Take-Down™ Buck Saw. Quinte Paint & Wallpaper in Ontario requested information about our Xtend-A™ Poles. Unique Agency sent a new order for a new customer … Dendrotik. Peter Quist with QVIST Outdoor Cooking in Zwolle contacted us to order Trail Blazer’s Take-Down™ Buck Saw and Sawvivor™ Saw. Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. I was happy to send Peter our full product catalogue with distributor pricing and very pleased that within the same week, Peter placed a purchase order for collapsible saws & Xtreme™ hatchets. We both feel

This week, the Sawvivor™ Saw was tested in Norway. Received better shipping options for Swedish customers, putting better program together for Iceland customers. My daughters Victoria had a day off and Natalie participated in a fine art showcase. Kent can not advertise Trail blazer products while Costco.ca wants two of our product assortments. MT, TD and TB reached agreement. Monica finalizing requirements for on-time delivery I would like to take this opportunity to thank Per Inge Sagmoen with S-Ski &Sport in Norway for sending both sizes of Trail Blazer’s Sawvivor™ Saw to a Norwegian outdoor magazine for testing this week. I added replacements to his order, which shipped out this week, as a thank you for promoting Trail Blazer products. Per Inge will