Allbrands.com

www.allbrands.com  

AllBrands is a traditional family-owned company. They have been in business since 1976.

In those twenty seven years they have grown from regional fabric and sewing stores into a global company thanks to their website AllBrands.com. We spoke with their Founder, John Douthat.

Your name:                      John M. Douthat

Position / title:                 President

 

Company name:              AllBrands.com

 

Website:                         www.AllBrands.com

Your company / website vision statement / goal:

Customer satisfaction

What you sell / services you offer (brief description of your company):

10,000 pages on all brands of sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and appliances.

Have you always wanted to run your own business?

Not early on.

What were some of your previous jobs / companies?

Personnel and project manager in Thailand and Korea for Ralston Purina Company 1966-72.

Area Manager for A.O. Smith, Harvestore in Ft.Wayne, IND. 1972-76.


Have you got any qualifications? Please tell us about yourself academically?

BSA Economics and Journalism, University of Florida - 1966

MBA Accounting, Washington University - 1970

 

How / when did the idea of your website / company come about?

My 12 year old son John F asked me in 1996 why I was not on the internet. I didn’t even know what the internet was.

He put together the first webpage and is now Director for the company and Computer Science Junior at LSU.

If you could give readers of this book one piece of advice what would it be?

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