Vaughan Safety, Inc. Blog

July 25, 2011 – According to Internet Retailer Magazine, Vaughan Safety, Inc. is one of the 1,000 largest E-Tailers in the United States (#901 on the “Second 500” list). The ranking is based on sales in 2010 through the six online sales channels, SafetyLightsAndSignals.com, LightsForAllOccasions.com, SafetyKnivesAndCutters.com, LittleBrightLights.com, CoolSafety Products.com and SafetyAwarenessPosters.com.  Internet Retailer’s definitive ranking and analysis of America’s up-and-coming e-retailers is based on annual 2010 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories.  Internet Retailer us published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of the leading retail information web site, an e-commerce conference and five directories that serve the retailing community. Internet Retailer’s 42,500 subscribers and 250,000 monthly web readers represent senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer’s circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine.

January 10, 2011 – When Vaughan Safety, Inc. added mobile commerce functionality to LightsForAllOccasions.com, there was no question as to the need. With more than 60 million American shoppers now using their smart phones to purchase products and services, the addition of this capability was a “no brainer.” The success of the mobile platform became apparent rather quickly. With the success of LightsForAllOccasions.com, Vaughan Safety, Inc. has added the same mobile shopping capability to SafetyLightsAndSignals.com and SafetyKnivesAndCutters.com. The innovative mobile shopping feature automatically detects when a mobile device is being used and renders the page formatted specifically for that device. This new mobile capability provides an enjoyable shopping experience for the smart phone user. Images, buttons and product descriptions all render in optimal resolution for the best viewing possible for the mobile device user.

July 7, 2010 – Arlington, WA. In response to increasing sale volume in the company’s online fulfillment ventures, Vaughan Safety, Inc. moved to a new facility in Arlington, Washington. The new location gives the company additional warehouse capacity as well as a high tech office suite for customer service agents and support staff. The transition to the new facility took place over the Fourth of July holiday to minimize impact to customers. Company President Jeffrey Vaughan reports that the move went smoothly with little or no impact to customers and shipping operations. New address: Corporate Central Building 3810 166th Place NE, Suite 202A, Arlington, WA 98223.

Marysville, WA — May 19, 2010 – On any given day, 57.8 million American shoppers access the web using mobile devices. In response to the growing number of customers who use smart phones such as the Apple iPhone, the RIM Blackberry and the Google Android, Vaughan Safety, Inc. unveiled today new mobile commerce functionality for their premier lighting site LightsForAllOccasions.com.

LightsForAllOccasions.com has an innovative feature that automatically detects when a mobile device is being used and renders the page formatted specifically for that device. This new mobile e-commerce or “m-commerce” capability provides an enjoyable shopping experience for the smart phone user. Images, buttons and product descriptions all render in optimal resolution for the best viewing possible for the mobile device user. Navigation through the site is quick and easy with large navigation buttons and text. President Jeffrey Vaughan said, “We invite all of our customers to try LightsForAllOccasions.com on their smart phones. We believe that they will be pleased with their mobile shopping experience.”

March 15, 2010 – Marysville, WA. To further enhance the online shopping experience for customers and to improve the efficiency of order fulfillment, Vaughan Safety, Inc. announced today a newly enhanced ecommerce platform for three of their three most popular sites. SafetyLightsAndSignals.com, LightsForAllOccasions.com and SafetyKnivesAndCutters.com have all been upgraded with new features such as one page checkout, enlarged product images and real-time order tracking. Customers will also now have the opportunity to keep an address book in their account which will hold multiple shipping addresses, saving time on repeat purchases to different destinations. Customers will also notice social networking enhancements that allow for increased sharing of product information.

Less visible to the customer, improvements on the “back end” of the sites will enable the company to more quickly process orders. According to company president Jeffrey Vaughan, “We are especially excited about the time and labor saving features of this new ecommerce platform. Better integration with accounting, customer records and shipping providers means that the company saves time and resources on the order fulfillment and customer service processes.”

Mr. Vaughan also indicates that further enhancements to these sites will be announced mid 2010. Says Vaughan, “I wish I could say more about some of the other exciting improvements that are in the works. Watch for an exciting announcement about additional enhancements to our ecommerce ventures in the summer of 2010.” According to Mr. Vaughan, these enhancements will aid customers greatly, and put the company ahead of their competitors in their key product categories.

Marysville, WA – In a continuing effort to focus their ecommerce expertise in key safety product categories, Vaughan Safety, Inc. launched their 6th ecommerce site today. Focused primarily on safety posters and workplace training materials, the new site, SafetyAwarenessPosters.com began taking internet orders today.  According to Vaughan Safety, Inc. President, Jeffrey Vaughan, the strong demand for effective workplace training materials, particularly posters, led his team to develop a highly focused website featuring a variety of different poster categories. In addition to the focused product offering, the site also provides an efficient, streamlined ecommerce platform making onlines sales for corporate buyers quick and easy. According to Mr. Vaughan, “Our customers who are accustomed to purchasing safety posters from CoolSafetyProducts.com, will enjoy the improved interface and streamlined checkout offered by SafetyAwarenessPosters.com.”

In 2008, we continued our ecommerce expansion with new sites focusing on our most successful product lines. Our new sites include LightsForAllOccasions.com which is built on an innovative new ecommerce platform which will eventually replace LittleBrightLights.com.  Sales on this new site have already eclipsed the sales on LittleBrightLights.com.  Customers enjoy the online shopping experience the new platform provides, especially the option of establishing an account, building wish lists, displaying estimated shipping costs, and streamlined checkout.

Also in 2008, we rolled out two new safety product sites, SafetyKnivesAndCutters.com and SafetyLightsAndSignals.com. Like LightsForAllOccasions.com, these two new safety sites are built on the new ecommerce platform that our customers prefer.  The two new safety sites focus on safety lights and safety knives respectively.  Each site will fast become the best place to research and purchase these safety products on the internet.

Even in challenging economic times, our company enjoys continued expansion in key markets.  Vaughan Safety, Inc. president, Jeffrey Vaughan attributes the company’s success to expertise in internet marketing, exceptional customer service, and a great selection of quality products that meet the needs of our growing customer base.

Vaughan Safety, Inc. has been in business since 2001, but the experience of our team spans decades.  You’ll find our business customers in a variety of industries including food service, hospitality, construction, aerospace, maritime, healthcare, petrochemical, entertainment, government, military and manufacturing. Our client base includes large multinational corporations, small businesses and everything in between.  Not only do we cater to our business customers, but a significant percentage of our sales are to the individual consumer as well.

We established our business with the objective of providing unique and innovative safety solutions.  Our first products were a line of ergonomics solutions under the TurboErgo® brand name. We now provide over 800 different products from leading manufacturers.  These products are featured on our ecommerce sites including CoolSafetyProducts.com where we sell such products as Boot Savers for steel toe boots, Page Up ergonomic document holders, PenAgain ergonomic pens, and safety knives.

The success of CoolSafetyProducts.com led to the development of an additional site, focusing on safe, LED lighting products for indoor events.  Due to more stringent fire codes and the well-publicized dangers of structure fires from wax candles and other open flames in public facilities, LittleBrightLights.com quickly became a popular choice for safe lighting products by many party planners, interior designers, restaraunt owners and others.  Our most popular products include battery operated votive and tea light candles, flame lights and lighted glassware.

We are an internet based retail and wholesale distributor of safety, ergonomic and lighting products located in Marysville, Washington in the Puget Sound Region of the Seattle metro area near Everett, WA.  We operate a number of online ventures and fulfill orders to customers around the world from our West Coast warehouse.  You may know us from our online stores, SafetyKnivesAndCutters.com, SafetyLightsAndSignals.com, CoolSafetyProducts.com, LightsForAllOccasions.com, and LittleBrightLights.com.

We distribute unique and innovative safety, ergonomic and lighting products from a number of leading manufacturers.  We also produce an ergonomic product line under the TurboErgo® brand name.  TurboErgo® stretching posters, lifting posters and laminated wallet cards are used by companies around the world to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace.

Marysville, WA – Vaughan Safety, Inc. has taken another step into the blogosphere realm by launching its second blog, http://www.batteryoperatedcandlelights.com. This new blog focuses primarily on the benefits and perks of using battery operated candles as opposed to real, flame-based candles. Battery operated candles are a safe alternative to real candles. Battery operated candles are also much more clean. Battery operated candles supply all the benefits of real candles without the wax, drippings, heat, and mess.