said Gregg. “I’m on the site all the time and always receive a lot of great buying
leads from India and China that are important for our business.”
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姓名：Mary and Gregg Pembleton |
| 地区：美国 | |
| 行业：Educational Toys | |
| 公司名称：Thumball |
Mary Pembleton, a speech language pathologist with over 20 years of experience, was constantly searching for new and interesting tools to develop functional learning skills for her students. Not finding products that met her needs, she began transforming squishy soccer balls into an educational game called Thumball with the use of a Sharpie and a few simple rules. The educational game proved to be very effective because it promoted language and social skills while encouraging children to pay attention and actively participate.
Mary and her husband Gregg soon found that her homemade Thumball had enormous potential as a teaching tool that could positively impact many learning situations across the globe. They decided to take Mary’s idea and develop it into a product for the marketplace that was simple, low-priced and effective.
To get started, the Pembletons bought balls from local stores and hand wrote on them, but they quickly realized they needed to explore other options to produce their product if they wanted their business to grow.
“As we began our business we started looking for a variety of options to purchase balls at a lower cost. We were lucky to run across a friend who recommended we try Alibaba.com to source our products,” said Mary Pembleton. “Alibaba.com was extremely easy to use and when we typed in ‘stuffed soft toy ball’ we instantly received many contacts offering their services. Three years later we are still using the same factories that popped up on that first search with outstanding results.”
Since the debut of Thumball, parents, teachers and therapists across the country have raved about its positive effects and how they see changes that they never thought would be possible in such a short time. In addition, the product has become an extremely meaningful tool for those with autism as well as the aging population.
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