Dear Friends,

I am writing from 30,000 feet as I head home from meetings in Cupertino, CA. San Jose > Denver > Philly > Burlington > Warren, VT. I left at 6:30AM and if all the flights work out, I should be back home by midnight. It is a lot of traveling for a day’s worth of meetings but it was definitely worth it. I sit on the Apple Reseller Advisory Council with a number of other Apple Specialists and we had a full day of meetings with both the sales and service side of Apple.

I have to say I have never been more bullish on the relationship with Apple, the partnership we enjoy with both the sales and AppleCare teams and the prospects for Apple products and future. There was a sense of excitement, energy and commitment at the Apple campus that was clearly evident by everyone I spoke with while at the meetings. We took some time to reminisce about just how far we have come over the past 8-9 years with the most spectacular American business story still unfolding.

The Manchester, NH store is becoming more and more real as walls and floors are installed, furniture and fixtures are arriving and the Small Dog purchasing team is busy buying inventory to stock the new shelves. We are very excited about expanding our operations to the Granite State and Katie and Matt have hired an awesome team to serve our New Hampshire customers from day one and bring our own special brand of customer satisfaction to this new location.

In addition to our Manchester, NH grand opening, I’m also excited to say that we are continuing our ewaste recycling day tradition with our 4th annual event on October 23, 2010! We will be hosting not one, but two events on that day—one in Manchester at the Mall of New Hampshire and one at Ben & Jerry’s headquarters in S. Burlington, VT. Both events are free to the public and will go from 9AM – 3PM. Be sure to check out all of the details here if you’re planning to come by: Smalldog.com/ewaste2010.

I am pleased to announce that we have a new limited quantity of Chill Pills that will be in stock next week. In addition to Black, we will have some Blue, Red and Purple Chill Pill speakers available. They will be listed here once they arrive!