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HISTORY
Once upon a time, there was a man who had
worked for many years in a corporate job and for a time as a consultant.
He lived on a lake in a resort community and decided that retirement
sounded like a good plan. He didn't have the temperament to actually
retire, so he decided on semi-retirement.
He started a handful of businesses in his
living room and Extra Mile Enterprises (as we
were known then) was one of those businesses.
At that point, not a lot was known about
the internet by anyone, but certainly not a slightly-too-young-to-retire
man whose previous technology triumph was using the microwave. He
learned quickly. Extra Mile was created specifically to service the
online community before there was much of an online community. Before
people were comfortable buying online. Before the search engine
revolution. Soon, however, Google happened and the small living-room
start up grew too large to fit the “semi-retirement” description. His
daughter stepped in to save the day and Extra Mile became a full-time
business.
A lot has changed since then...sourcing
and buying online is a normal occurrence for businesses, the internet
has grown up and Extra Mile has a staff team and over ten thousand
customers. Along the way, we incorporated as Trinity Promotional
Products, Inc., we've have added a few additional online storefronts and
opened a second office location. But, the man and his daughter still run
the business and still love the fact that we can connect online with
other small business owners all over the world, offering them
exceptional service and value.
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