Over its sixty year history, SMC has had fantastic reviews from many different sources, including the SMC BBB review, which rated the company as a good business partner.  However, what is the history and philosophy of Specialty Merchandise Corporation?

SMC Corp Review : A Man with a Unique Vision

More than 60 years ago the founder of SMC, Abe Levine, had a unique idea: his company would warehouse massive quantities of general merchandise and giftware but, instead of hiring a sales force or setting up stores, would offer to keep the inventory and ship items on behalf of others who wanted to set up their own businesses selling SMC merchandise.

Abe believed that people work harder when they are working for themselves and understood that, if someone is working for themselves, they put their ‘heart and soul’ into what they do.  That was the kind of person that he wanted selling the products SMC offers.

SMC Corp Review : SMC Grows Beyond Abe’s Wildest Dreams

Over half a century later this principle still guides SMC and what it does, but on a much larger scale than what Abe Levine could have even dreamed of.  In fact many thousands of people now sell the goods offered by SMC and reap the benefits of running their own business.  Many of these businesses are completely online businesses, which Abe certainly wouldn’t have dreamt of!
SMC is committed to its customers.  This is evident in the mission statement of the company, which says that SMC is there to help people achieve their individual dreams and goals – and to treat these dreams as if they were their own.

SMC, which began as a family business sixty years ago, has grown massively.  While SMC used to provide only a small selection of products which were sold by a small number of individuals operating their own businesses, it now has a product catalog of over 3,000 items and has tens of thousands of partner businesses with individuals either selling certain categories of SMC merchandise, or the entire line.

SMC Corp Review : Online Shopping Boosts Demand

One of the biggest contributors to the company’s phenomenal growth in recent years is the emergence of online stores.  It is now easy for people to set up an online store and market products, so more people are finding SMC to be a great business partner virtually every day.  As easy as it is to set up an internet business, the difficulty of keeping inventory and shipping items is a major turn-off for many people, but SMC takes care of both of these aspects allowing their members to focus purely on sales.

In addition, SMC has started providing a range of services to complement the products it sells.  Even though many people understand the benefits of an online business, not everyone has the skills to set up a successful venture and this is where SMC can be especially helpful.  The company now offers free professional advice and mentoring to its business partners which helps prospective business owners with a number of business issues, ranging from how to deal with accounting matters to where to advertise their website to attract maximum traffic.