Greetings!
I hope that this email finds you safe and healthy...welcome to the April edition of the Fire Replicas monthly newsletter.
Many continue to inquiry of how the virus is affecting our business. Despite the challenging times still ahead of the US in next 30+ days, our factory is up and running at 95% capacity as the effects of the virus have seemingly completely passed.
We understand that many of our customers have enjoyed the natural slow-down that occurs every year during this time. But to keep a steady flow of products coming, we'll be shipping in each project individually upon completion. In the Fall, we expect to resume full container load shipments, which has been the custom for the last 5 years.
A special thanks to all of our customers who have purchased some of our existing inventory. Like many business, selling through our existing stock is very important during this time. So we greatly appreciate the efforts you are making to expand your collection or fill some gaps with our current in stock lineup.
Like many of you, we are disappointed that we'll miss many trade shows this year due to cancellations. For us, trade shows are a great time to catch up with our customers and conduct the photo shoots for new projects. This, and restricted travel in large cities, may make it difficult to kick off some projects on schedule. However, we are confident that this time can be recouped in our 12-16 month development timeline.
So in short, we are thankful that in our business, the consequences of this virus are manageable. Many of our customers' lives are being impacted significantly, so we are mindful, and prayerful for an expeditious end to this situation.
The newsletter this month is broken down into new arrivals, this month's new release schedule, low stocks and some previews of models coming this Summer.
Read on for more info...and thank you for being part the elite group of Fire Replicas collectors.
Nicholas
