Trail Blazer’s year end was this week and I took this time to think about our present position and our progress over the last year. I am very pleased to report that the new suppliers completed their set-up and production has re-started on Monday April 29th. With my head buried in the numbers, I spent no time working with our customers. Our year end was this week, Tuesday April 30th, and I took this time to think about our present position and our progress over the last year. Some of the improvements we achieved were increasing our gross margin by 20% and significantly reducing our operating expenses by 49%. We achieved the improved margin by changing some of our suppliers and

This week, I joined Julia and Leah at Norex, when they officially opened their doors at the big yellow house on Gottingen where we celebrated their move to the marvelous North End Halifax. Our introduction of Trail Blazer’s new all purpose gloves continue and while I was at work … I received an exciting call from my youngest daughter, my angel Victoria. I had a great time joining Julia and Leah at Norex, when they officially opened their doors at the big yellow house on Gottingen Street. That’s where we celebrated their move to the marvelous North End Halifax and they showed off their new digs. Because this was a Norex party … It was no ordinary house warming. I had

This week, I attended Home Hardware’s 100th Market (my 30th) in St. Jacobs, Ontario. While I was at the market, my son Travis and his friend Jake Ryhno competed in the Metros Cheerleading Championships with their Prince Andrew Panthers in Dartmouth. On my way back from ON, I stopped in Grand Falls, New Brunswick to check on my jeep. I attended Home Hardware’s 100th Market in St. Jacobs, Ontario. The market showcases the company’s extensive selection of products, such as Mark’s Choice Garden Tools, Home Professional Extension Paint Poles and Trail Blazer’s Reverse D-Handle Snow and Grain Shovels. This celebration of Home’s 100th Market is the result of our shared commitment to put the independent dealers at the forefront of everything

This week, I hit the road Tuesday with a goal to visit stores in Quebec and Ontario. I climbed up into the tow truck and began a 60 kilometer drive to Grand Falls New Brunswick. I’m in St. Jacobs and the booth is set up for next weeks Spring Market. I hit the road Tuesday morning with a goal to visit as many stores in Quebec and Ontario as I could before setting up the Home Hardware booth on Friday. I started driving through New Brunswick and did not make it very far. I was approaching Perth-Andover for lunch when I encountered slippery roads. I ended up sliding off the road and rolling over. Only slightly cut & bruised thanks

This week, we received more pricing requests for Trail Blazer’s Xtreme™ Ergo and Mini Hatchets plus production request for Trail Blazer’s Xtend-A™ Poles. We started offering Trail Blazer’s new All Purpose Gloves, that are already receiving some interest from our distributor in Norway and Christie takes on a leadership role with the Trail Blazer team. We received more requests for Trail Blazer’s Xtreme™ Hatchets made in Bouctouche New Brunswick. Our hatchets are built with a high carbon stainless steel blade that has excellent edge retention and very reliable, reinforced Non-Break Polypropylene handle to ensure strength. The 13” Ergo Hatchet model’s handle is ergonomically contoured to provide a natural feeling grip and the 8” Mini Hatchet model has a notch behind