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Article: Major League Baseball: everything vendors need to know to hit one out of the ballpark.(Especially for You Gift Baskets)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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When Debra Harris, president of Especially for You Gift Baskets, was asked by Major League Baseball to fill an order worth $50,000, she was ready to play ball. The custom-designed gift-basket maker created and delivered more than 300 gifts for organizers, players, and their wives who attended the 2003 All-Star game.
"We decided to emphasize that our company has provided gift baskets for major sports events, and we already demonstrated our ability to fill large orders on time," Harris says.
So far, Harris' approach has won Especially for You Gift Baskets (www.especially4youbaskets.com) approximately $100,000 worth of contracts during the five years that ...