SHOT SHOW is around the corner
I guess because we’re already so busy at this time of the year the last thing we want to have to think about right after Christmas is learning about all of the new stuff coming in in 2012 that we’ll have to consider buying. SHOT SHOW is the post Christmas shopping season for people like us and at first it’s fun and eventually it just becomes a business trip. Out of the hundreds of new products that we’ll be looking at, it’s rare for us to find more than a half a dozen new products that really spark interest.
This year we do have a wish list, we’d like to see more concealed carry clothing come out and not another clothing company making knock off 5.11 tactical pants. We’re down to about 4 companies that we carry products for and although each has it’s strong points, we’re overloaded on tactical pants and listening to our customers frustrations about the constant shortages or lack of product improvements has caused people to keep shopping. We’ve had products that had good designs but the fit was not very good and people moved on, other designs were good for weekend warriors but for those that jump over fences, the products were failing. Slight production changes would have sealed the deal, but did anyone listen in 2011?