Something happens every week with the shop to move things forward, but not always something very interesting. Our carrier bags arrived this week so no longer do customers have to take away their purchases in a black plastic bag to protect them from the rain. The bags are very, very big and white with the "LB" logo slap bang in the centre in a reasonably matched shade of blue and other bits of text around us. Soon every trendy man about town will be sporting one for his large transportation needs. Take three briefcases into a meeting? Not any more, now you can just half fill a Lo-base bag and go. Or something.
Anyway, more importantly and potentially more exctingly, the website is now up and running too. Avoid the hassle of coming into Edinburgh and trying the shoes on in a comfortable, warm shop by having us send them to you instead. There's also a bit of info on there about Scotland's very own Bigfoot and I'll be trying to update it with some more light-hearted/hilarious pieces like this in the future too. Have a look here Big Mens Shoes
In the shop we currently have walking boots and shoes from Merrell, Columbia and Hi-Tec, running shoes from Hi-Tec with ASICS and New Balance hopefully following shortly, rugby boots from Gilbert and a few other bits and pieces including some very comfy socks.
We'll be trying to get some more brands and styles in soon, so let us know if you have any preferences.
Our first club night is coming up soon too. Mailings went out to pretty much every rugby club in Scotland last week inviting them to our night on Thursday 4th February between 6 and 8pm. If you play, work for or support a local rugby club and didn't see our flyer then firstly have a strong word with your club secretary, but secondly and vitally come along on the night to get a 10% discount on any shoes you buy.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Monday, 4 January 2010
Up and running
Happy New Year everyone. Its been a hectic few weeks so the blog hasn't been updated recently at all.
However, the shop is up and running now and most of the initial teething problems have been dealt with so there's a little bit more time for this.
We had a successful opening party on Sunday 13th December with about twenty people along to see the shop and mgo on a ghost tour through the haunted cellar (if you haven't seen the cellars yet then you're missing out!!). We opened on the MOnday and had our first sale on Thursday from a gent who worked locally and had seen the shop on his way to work. Up to Christmas it was pretty quiet though as our marketing hasn't really started yet, so we are relying on people seeing the shop or hearing about it through word of mouth, which is going to be quite limited at this stage.
We opened again today after New Year and sold a pair of our most expensive shoes (Titanium Bugaboot XTM Omni-Tech) to a chap who was going boar hunting in Lithuania and needed something warm for his feet whilst he stood in the cold. The Titanium is waterproof and insulated down to -54 celsius, so it should ndo him just fine.
We're working our our first flyers just now to support our marketing campaign. If you can think of anywhere we should be marketing or know of any opportunities (e.g. if you work for a big company and their intranet has an offers/discounts section etc) then please let us know. The more people know about us the better.
However, the shop is up and running now and most of the initial teething problems have been dealt with so there's a little bit more time for this.
We had a successful opening party on Sunday 13th December with about twenty people along to see the shop and mgo on a ghost tour through the haunted cellar (if you haven't seen the cellars yet then you're missing out!!). We opened on the MOnday and had our first sale on Thursday from a gent who worked locally and had seen the shop on his way to work. Up to Christmas it was pretty quiet though as our marketing hasn't really started yet, so we are relying on people seeing the shop or hearing about it through word of mouth, which is going to be quite limited at this stage.
We opened again today after New Year and sold a pair of our most expensive shoes (Titanium Bugaboot XTM Omni-Tech) to a chap who was going boar hunting in Lithuania and needed something warm for his feet whilst he stood in the cold. The Titanium is waterproof and insulated down to -54 celsius, so it should ndo him just fine.
We're working our our first flyers just now to support our marketing campaign. If you can think of anywhere we should be marketing or know of any opportunities (e.g. if you work for a big company and their intranet has an offers/discounts section etc) then please let us know. The more people know about us the better.
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