My Supplement Store.com in the News!
Over 3,000,000 (that's 3 Million) companies were considered in the 2007 Inc. 5000
- My Supplement Store.com Ranks No. 793 on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 - With Three-Year Sales Growth of 429.8%
- My Supplement Store.com also Ranks No. 40 on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 Top 100 Companies in the Retail industry in America
- Ranked No. 124 in the Southeast 500 Companies for 2007
Arkansas Business of the Year Award Committee
11/05/2007
My Supplement Store.com has been nominated for the prestigious Arkansas Business of the Year Award!
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 11/05/07
e-Preneur Flexes Niche-savvy Muscles (First Person)
By Robert Bell
Joshua B. Smith Owner, MySupplementStore.com
Bentonville
I started my business in 2002 with less than $50 in my pocket. Last year our revenue was $2.4 million. I think we'll break $3 million this year easily. My business was also ranked 793 on Inc. magazine's 2007 list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the nation, and ranked 40 on the retail list.
Before I started the online store, I worked for an oil company in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. During the off-season, I'd been helping James Brown at Your Total Fitness Shop in Fayetteville build an e-commerce site to sell supplements and workout accessories.
The site wasn't working out the way James wanted it to, so I asked him if I could have the name and site to give it a try on my own. He said "go for it."
I still didn't have much money, but James helped me out again by letting me fill orders in the back of his shop after hours. After a year, I moved to working out of my apartment, and almost got into hot water over having whole pallets of supplements dropped off in the parking lot.
After that, my wife Megan and I moved, and I started operating out of a two-car garage. At the time, I thought, "Wow this is more room than I know what to do with." Eventually though, the operation took over all of that space, as well as space in my neighbor's garage.
But the Lord blessed us again, with a huge new warehouse just a half-mile from our dream home in Talamore.
It wouldn't have been possible without God. We'd like to some day become a "reverse-tithe" company, donating 90 percent of our earnings to our church and living on the other 10 percent.
http://arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=100694.54928.112817&view=all&link=perm
My Supplement Store.com in Time Square The Reuters Board in Time Square (the largest digital sign in the world) has picked up our story, showing this image not once, not twice but 4 times over the past 4 days! (Sept. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 2007)
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 09/10/2007
Three Area Companies Make Inc.’s 5000 List
By Robert Bell
Three area businesses were recently ranked in the top 1,000 on Inc. magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America.
MySupplementStore.com, a Bentonville-based Web store that sells vitamins and bodybuilding accessories at discounted prices was ranked No. 793 on the overall list, and was No. 40 on the list of top retail companies. Joshua Smith, founder and CEO of MySupplementStore.com was also named to Inc.'s list of 30 top CEOs younger than 30. Click here to read the full story by Robert Bell!
Recent Coverage from Inc. Magazine www.Inc.com, August 23rd, 2007:
ARKANSAS FIRMS MAKE FASTEST GROWING COMPANY LIST
Inc. magazine has generated its list of the top 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. and several Arkansas firms have made the cut.
The rankings are calculated by measuring revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held. They also had to have at least $200,000 in revenues in 2003 and $2 million in revenues by 2006.
Cognitive Data of Little Rock ranked the highest on the list at #208. Cognitive Data updates consumer addresses for direct-mail campaigns. With 28 employees and $5.5 million in revenues last year, it counts Nestle, Kraft, AT&T, and Heifer International among its 300 customers. Cognitive Data’s growth rate over the last three years has averaged 1,045%. You can read more at www.cognitivedata.com.
P.I. Roof Maintenance of North Little Rock came in at #279. Rogers-based New Creature, which provides in-store marketing and merchandising services to vendors of Wal-Mart, made the list at #701. My Supplement Store.com of Bentonville ranked #793 and Eagle One Logistics of Fort Smith made the list at #884.
Other Arkansas notables include Mountain Valley Spring Water (#1,697) and Delta Dental of Arkansas (#4,162).
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Direct Magazine August 2007 Article
Site Markets Discounted Supplements
Aug 29, 2007 1:23 PM , By Larry Riggs
In 2001, Joshua Smith got sick of leaving his home in Arkansas to work part of the year on the oil rigs in Prudhoe Bay, AK and decided to devote himself full time to selling supplements on the Web.
"Actually, I had a friend who owns a sports... Click here to read more!
Double XL Magazine Names My Supplement Store.com Retailer of the Month, May 1st 2007:
http://doublexlmagazine.com/
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My Supplement Store.com Voted Best of Bodybuilding by the EliteFitness.com Members!
