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Agenda 03/08/2022 Item # 5C (Business of the Month - Cariloha Naples)03/08/2022 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 5.C Item Summary: Presentation of the Collier County Business of the Month for March 2022 to Cariloha Naples. The award will be accepted by owners, Robin and Jeffrey Snell. Also present is Bethany Sawyer, Vice President of Membership, The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Meeting Date: 03/08/2022 Prepared by: Title: Customer Service Specialist – Communications, Government, and Public Affairs Name: Aimee Trochessett 02/28/2022 4:17 AM Submitted by: Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office Name: John Mullins 02/28/2022 4:17 AM Approved By: Review: Agenda Clerk Preview Michael Cox Agenda Clerk Preview Completed 02/28/2022 9:06 AM Communications, Government, and Public Affairs Deborah Curry Division Review Completed 02/28/2022 10:00 AM County Manager's Office John Mullins Division Review Completed 03/01/2022 8:38 AM County Manager's Office Geoffrey Willig County Manager Review Completed 03/01/2022 4:19 PM Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 03/08/2022 9:00 AM 5.C Packet Pg. 29 CONGRATULATIONS You have been nominated for Business of the Month! Each month, the Greater Naples Chamber and the Board of Collier County Commissioners recognize an organization that has enhanced the community through financial, volunteer and active involvement in organizations and programs that assist in creating a better quality of life for all citizens in Collier County. The honoree is presented with a commemorative plaque at the Board of County Commissioners meeting. A photo and news release is distributed to all Southwest Florida Media and Chamber Members, as well as featured in Chamber communications, the Chamber’s website and promoted through social media. Please email the completed nomination form below to Bethany Sawyer at Bethany@napleschamber.org Business Name: Email: Business Description (50 words or less): Owner/Executive Name: Phone:# of Employees: Year Founded: 1.23.20_BusinessoftheMonthForm 5.C.1 Packet Pg. 30 Attachment: March Business of the Month (21485 : Collier County Business of the Month - Cariloha Naples)Cariloha Naples Robin and Jeffrey Snell Info@CarilohaNaples.com 239-325-9157 4 2018 Cariloha Naples is an independently owned and operated eco-conscious natural lifestyle and home store with an entire store experience that showcases products made of eco-friendly viscose from bamboo. We provide customers with an exclusive up-scale collection of mattresses, bedding, bath goods, apparel, active wear, and accessories made from soft, cool, clean, and green bamboo. What makes your company a great place to work? Describe your culture and accomplishments. Tell us your story, how has your organization or company given back to the community? Provide an example. 5.C.1 Packet Pg. 31 Attachment: March Business of the Month (21485 : Collier County Business of the Month - Cariloha Naples)Like most people, we discovered Cariloha while on a cruise. We fell in love with the incredibly soft bedding and towels. When the opportunity came up to open a Cariloha store in Naples, we decided to take the plunge and open our own business because we love the products ourselves and believe that it is important to offer alternatives that are high quality and organic while also made from a sustainable resource like bamboo. Jeff grew up visiting his Grandmother in Naples and we had talked about retiring to the area someday. After some research, we felt that Naples was a market capable of appreciating the incredible qualities of bamboo and one that would support the new business. From the beginning it has been important to us to become part of the community. In addition to joining the Naples Chamber, membership on the Small Business Council, and participating in local business networking groups, we have been a sponsor of the Naples Zoo since opening in November 2018. We also believe it is important to actively seek out opportunities to work with and help promote other local small businesses and have established several successful partnerships with local women-owned businesses. In addition to the Naples Zoo sponsorship, we have actively participated in the annual Bark for Life Event benefiting the American Cancer Society and each October, donate a portion of sales to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness. As an independent, licensed retail store, Cariloha Naples is able to offer customers a personalized shopping experience and our own VIP loyalty program. We truly believe in the quality and value of our products and want people to experience them first-hand. Cariloha products are already organic and very environmentally friendly, but Cariloha Corporate and we, as an independent store, are always looking for ways to improve, reduce the use of plastic packaging, and promote sustainability. We also strongly believe in community as we have described above, and will continue to look for more ways to participate in and give back to the local community as we grow. We love the opportunity to get to know our customers and develop a relationship with them and as a result, we have a very high volume of repeat business. Although as an independent Cariloha retailer, we are not allowed to participate in online sales, we match all online promotions and our free shipping policy allows us to continue our personalized customer relationship no matter where in the U.S. our customers call home. This has been a key to our success and ability to grow during the last two years of uncertainty. We now ship directly from the store to customers in states all across the U.S. Cariloha has about 60 retail locations throughout the U.S. and in cruise ports in Mexico and the Caribbean. Most of these stores are now corporate-owned with several of their independent stores closing in 2020 and 2021. Given the challenges of the past two years, we are very proud that our store in Naples has been #1 or the top 3 in store sales for much of 2021. The growth of our store has encouraged Cariloha to continue to expand their clothing lines, which have been very successful here. Cariloha products have been featured in eBella and Naples Illustrated magazines.