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are very much a team,” she added.
In 1986 they added apparel. “We had hundreds of orders for a teddy bear vest,” said Cheri. “We had never experienced anything like that before.” 1989 was another milestone year when they took out a small business loan to build a steel building on Lee Highway. The store then had 12 employees and had new space for growth in the area of catalog sales.
Today they send out 15 million catalogs each year and are the largest country craft catalog company in the country. This spring Faith Mountain sent out a trial run of 500,000 Laurel Mills catalogs, featuring apparel, and they say they are pleased with the results. Clothing comprises 40 percent of the company’s $25,000,000 in sales.
Space is a big issue with the distribution center on Lee Highway. The warehouse and offices are crowded. Most companies their size require 50,000 square feet, but the present site has only 15,000 square feet. Cheri Woodard said the company is trying to lease several spaces from 20,000 to 50,000 square feet in the county but may have to move the distribu
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