Early Shopper Trends Have GreatBigStuff.com Poised for Big Holiday Sales

Online consumers have started shopping sooner and spending more than they did for the holidays a year ago.

Middletown, DE (PRWEB) October 11, 2005

GreatBigStuff.com is seeing an increase in holiday related sales earlier this year than last. As a company that specializes in uniquely oversized versions of everyday objects, the merchandise has a broad appeal. The company’s founder, Jeff Bruette said “It is difficult to understand the specifics that are motivating our customers, but we believe that our products appearing on TV shows, combined with word of mouth enthusiasm are boosting our website traffic.” Bruette is referencing the fact that television programs such as the Emmy® award winning Ellen DeGeneres Show and the popular ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition have featured GreatBigStuff.com products this past year. Most recently, Ellen Degeneres utilized a Giant Calculator (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/calculator.html) when challenging a guest’s mathematical skills.

Popular items that are likely to find their way under the tree this year include the oversized Monopoly® game tokens (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/monopcs.html) that make great pewter paperweights, the World’s Largest Crossword Puzzle (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/crossword.html) that measures nearly 50 square feet and has over 28,000 clues, and the huge kitchen utensils (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/utensilset.html) including can opener, bottle opener, whisk and parer, each measuring nearly 2 feet in length.

Bonnie Kuehn, a long time customer said “My friends look forward to every holiday in anticipation of what fun, big gift I have for them. GreatBigStuff.com products have never let me, or them, down!”

Besides the carefully chosen individual gifts, orders for corporate gifts are up as well. The giant cup and saucer gift basket (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/cupsaucergb.html) remains the most popular. It consists of a gallon-sized cup – with matching saucer, of course – that has been filled with an assortment of coffees, teas, ciders, hot chocolates, cookies, and candies – all wrapped and finished with a streamer of ribbons. The gift basket variations based on GreatBigStuff.com’s grande martini glasses (http://www.GreatBigStuff.com/martinigb.html) are always in demand as well.

Bruette looks forward to a bustling season that is undoubtedly showing signs of nearly double last year’s sales figures. “This is a clear indication that even in light of serious issues on people’s minds, people can still see the whimsy in giving or getting great big stuff.” said Bruette.

Company History

The company’s genesis dates back to 2001 when Bruette began selling larger-than-life pop-art décor items on eBay. What started as a hobby for Bruette soon became a full-time occupation. Recognizing this interest as a fantastic business opportunity, Bruette created an e-commerce website and Great Big Stuff was born. Today, the company offers more than 100 products and occupies 3,600 square feet of warehouse space. Sales revenue is expected to exceed one million dollars by the year 2006.

About Great Stuff, Inc. and GreatBigStuff.com

Based in Middletown, DE, Great Stuff, Inc., operator of http://www.GreatBigStuff.com™ and owner of trademarked Great Big Stuff™, is dedicated to the manufacture and sale of uniquely oversized replicas of everyday objects. For more information on the company’s products or to order a oversized gift item, please visit the company’s e-commerce website located at http://www.GreatBigStuff.com.

For more information on Great Big Stuff’s products, visit http://www.GreatBigStuff.com or call the company at 1-800-773-8832 or 1-302-449-2649.

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