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How to start again.

Hello everyone,
I have been intentionally not updating everyone on the new wallet line because I didn’t want to have to go back on my word if, in the end, things fell flat on their face again.  I’m happy to report that, even though I was significantly delayed, I’m back on track and stronger than ever.
If [...]

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A visit to the new wallet factory! (Photos attached!)

Hey everyone!
Earlier this week, I made a trip to our new leather factory in the U.S. I’m very excited to have finally met all of the great people we have been working with on the phone and through email.  They are located in a small New England town and it is just a beautiful place. [...]

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Thoughts on magnets

So, I’ve been reading some of the comments regarding our new design (soon to be revealed to everyone, shortly!) and the use of magnets as an enclosure.  Since we’ve been using magnets in our wallets (May, 2009), we haven’t heard of any clients who have had problems with demagnetizing cards of any kind.
Of course, we [...]

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Protected: Unveiling: The first new design of 2010! (Currently for Braithwaite Clients, only)

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Customer service lessons from Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines

Wow, between waking up this morning to a dozens of great comments on the blog for packaging suggestions and also to the whole Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines affair, it has been a pretty eventful morning!
My brothers and I are big fans of the SModcast and were thoroughly entertained by how the tabloids and blogo-sphere [...]

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Why we NEED to change our packaging

Sorry for the rant but here’s exactly how it is.

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Announcing Braithwaite Wallets 2010!

The Count Down has Begun!
This is going to be a great year for Braithwaite Wallets, and we invite you to join in the excitement!  If you haven’t heard already, there’s some great things happening, including some great changes to the company.  Ready to find out more?
Get the Introduction! (click the link or watch below)

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Christmas shipping deadlines

Just a quick note to let you know that in order to have a guaranteed Christmas delivery, you need to place you order on or before December 15th (in North America).  For international orders, you must have your order in before December 7th. However, we do have an extra fast shipping option available for any [...]

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The Braithwaite Christmas (for that someone) Special!

In preparation for launching some new designs, we are offering the Braithwaite Christmas Special!  If you have created a new cart or gone to the Checkout, you will notice an automatic  10% off of your order.  But, when you buy two or more wallets as gifts this Christmas, you get bumped up to 20% off.
Since [...]

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More historical wallet research

As I may have indicated before, there has never been an entry for “Wallet” in printed encyclopedias.  I’ve looked in ALL sorts of encyclopedias from all sorts of dates (as far back as 1911).  It seems that the wallet has always just been in people’s conciousness and we’ve never thought to really look at it [...]

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  • About Us

    Braithwaite Wallets, Inc.; is a men's wallet company that is owned and operated out of Calgary, Alberta in Canada. The company has existed since 2006 and we began selling wallets in March, 2008.

    This blog has been created to keep our current and prospective clients up-to-date on the latest news in wallet design and development as well as just to post bits and pieces (articles, music, etc.) that we find appealing and we wish to share with our clients.

    Braithwaite Wallets, Inc.