Dear Friends,
My Gonzaga Bulldogs are out of the running, but March Mayhem continues at Small Dog Electronics! Winter is maintaining its grip on Vermont with March becoming the coldest March on record. It seems like good maple sugaring weather and a long season of cold nights and sunny days making the sap run.
Small Dog Electronics judges our success by the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. We know that we must operate a profitable business in order to make progress on any initiatives for people and planet. With the sun shining more during the day as the daylight hours increase, so does the output of our solar array in Waitsfield that provides 100% of the electrical power for our S. Burlington store and well over 50% of the power used by our headquarters. Most businesses are “incorporated” which, if you break down that word into its Latin components (something I do from 4-years of Latin in high school), means to “form a body.”
A business has a footprint on our society and culture that is bigger than any individual body. We create waste, we pay wages, we build buildings, we move goods and with that greater footprint comes a greater responsibility (the ability to respond). That is the basis of our company’s unwavering commitment to socially responsible business practices. It is what we strive for. We are not perfect, but each week at our management meeting, we entertain ideas regarding how we can demonstrate our commitment to people and planet, and we specifically ask what can we do to reduce our carbon footprint.
My special for Kibbles & Bytes readers this week is the last of the iPad 2 16GB Wi-Fi models. This is a great opportunity to get a full-size iPad at a great price. We bought some of the now-discontinued iPads when Apple replaced the iPad 2 as the entry-level iPad with the iPad 4th generation. I am going to bundle this White iPad with a Hammerhead Folio case (in your choice of colors) and a Hammerhead neoprene carrying case as well. This bundle is $359 and includes all three items.