Greetings to the Conch Republic from the Green Mountains of Vermont!
I’m Don Mayer, the founder and CEO of Small Dog Electronics. We are so happy to announce that we now have a retail store in beautiful Key West, Florida! We have acquired the assets of Macintosh System Solutions and have re-opened the store on Truman Avenue as the latest Small Dog Electronics location. (See the full press release below.)
Small Dog Electronics was born in 1994 as an internet-based business, selling discontinued and refurbished products on the web, back in the days of AOL chat rooms. We operated out of my house in the small town of Warren, VT, until we outgrew it as demand increased (and my wife Grace told us that there was just too much styrofoam all over the place and she wanted her house back). My son, Hapy, would come over on Sundays to help me with the books, and I ultimately convinced him to join me long-term.
As the online business model evolved, so did our strategy. A few years ago, we launched a “clicks to bricks” initiative, with a focus on brick and mortar stores. We have now expanded to include five retail locations. As we’ve grown and adapted, one thing has remained clear: we are committed to world-class customer service. Being able to provide solutions in-store and interacting with customers face-to-face is something that’s incredibly important to us.
However, we want to have an impact in other ways. We have always identified as a socially responsible business that measures its success by a triple bottom line: people, planet and profit. Small Dog Electronics strives to provide the best working conditions and benefits to our employees, and we immerse ourselves into the local community. In Vermont, we pioneered free, environmentally-friendly ewaste recycling, and we hold collection events on an annual basis. We also use energy-efficient systems and have a large solar-photovoltaic array at our headquarters here in Waitsfield that powers 100% of our South Burlington, VT store and beyond.
For more about us, our mission, and what we do, check out: Smalldog.com/about
For more on our Key West store, visit: Smalldog.com/keywest
We’re excited to bring friendly faces, awesome Apple products and of course, fun (including the dogs!), to Key West. If you have any ideas or suggestions or just want to bend our ear, both Hapy and I would love to hear from you.
Thanks for reading!
-Don
don@smalldog.com