PED Makes Internet Retailer Top 500 List Again
Online Retailer 354th Among the Nation's Largest E-Retail Sites
BOLINGBROOK, IL (May 21, 2009) - Power Equipment Direct announced today it made Internet Retailer's Top 500 list for the second consecutive year.
The online power equipment retailer ranked as the 354th largest e-retail company in the United States by Internet Retailer magazine.
Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2008 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.
"Power Equipment Direct moved up several spots in the Top 500 rankings this year to No. 354 and grew their web sales in 2008 by 21%," says Internet Retailer editor-in-chief Kurt Peters. "They've worked hard to develop multiple niche sites since their first web store went live in 2002 and that diversity has paid off."
Jon Hoch founded Power Equipment Direct in his basement after an awful experience shopping for a lawn mower. Today, the Bolingbrook, IL-based e-commerce company operates nine niche web sites, generating more than $20 million in annual sales.
The online power equipment retailer is expecting additional growth in 2009. It already doubled its warehousing capability with the launch of a second distribution center. In addition, it significantly expanded its customer service staff and store hours.
"We consider it an honor to be ranked among the largest home improvement retailers in the world," said Hoch, founder & CEO. "The results are remarkable, considering we're only seven years old."
Internet Retailer magazine also named Power Equipment Direct as one of the Top 500 in 2007 and the 100 Hottest Internet Retailers in their December 2007 issue.
About Power Equipment Direct
Based in Bolingbrook, Ill., Power Equipment Direct, Inc. specializes in connecting power equipment customers with power equipment manufacturers. The e-commerce company owns and operates nine niche online superstores: AirCompressorsDirect.com, ChainSawsDirect.com, ElectricGeneratorsDirect.com, LogSplittersDirect.com, MowersDirect.com, PressureWashersDirect.com, SnowBlowersDirect.com, SumpPumpsDirect.com and WaterPumpsDirect.com.
About Internet Retailer
Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of an e-commerce conference and four directories that serve the retailing community. The Internet Retailer family of products focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multichannel integration. Its 42,500 subscribers are 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. The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter in retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed four times a week to 30,000+ opt-in subscribers, operates the largest retailing information web site, InternetRetailer.com, sponsors the largest conference in the e-retailing industry and publishes an annual ranking of the 500 largest web sites.
The online power equipment retailer ranked as the 354th largest e-retail company in the United States by Internet Retailer magazine.
Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2008 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.
"Power Equipment Direct moved up several spots in the Top 500 rankings this year to No. 354 and grew their web sales in 2008 by 21%," says Internet Retailer editor-in-chief Kurt Peters. "They've worked hard to develop multiple niche sites since their first web store went live in 2002 and that diversity has paid off."
Jon Hoch founded Power Equipment Direct in his basement after an awful experience shopping for a lawn mower. Today, the Bolingbrook, IL-based e-commerce company operates nine niche web sites, generating more than $20 million in annual sales.
The online power equipment retailer is expecting additional growth in 2009. It already doubled its warehousing capability with the launch of a second distribution center. In addition, it significantly expanded its customer service staff and store hours.
"We consider it an honor to be ranked among the largest home improvement retailers in the world," said Hoch, founder & CEO. "The results are remarkable, considering we're only seven years old."
Internet Retailer magazine also named Power Equipment Direct as one of the Top 500 in 2007 and the 100 Hottest Internet Retailers in their December 2007 issue.
About Power Equipment Direct
Based in Bolingbrook, Ill., Power Equipment Direct, Inc. specializes in connecting power equipment customers with power equipment manufacturers. The e-commerce company owns and operates nine niche online superstores: AirCompressorsDirect.com, ChainSawsDirect.com, ElectricGeneratorsDirect.com, LogSplittersDirect.com, MowersDirect.com, PressureWashersDirect.com, SnowBlowersDirect.com, SumpPumpsDirect.com and WaterPumpsDirect.com.
About Internet Retailer
Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of an e-commerce conference and four directories that serve the retailing community. The Internet Retailer family of products focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multichannel integration. Its 42,500 subscribers are 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. The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter in retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed four times a week to 30,000+ opt-in subscribers, operates the largest retailing information web site, InternetRetailer.com, sponsors the largest conference in the e-retailing industry and publishes an annual ranking of the 500 largest web sites.
