When Janet Rickstrew and Mary Tatum founded Denver-based Tomboy Tools in 2000, pink tools had a reputation of being inferior. The partners vowed to make all of their tools blue.
Then, in 2006, they created a special pink hammer to help Hammer Out Breast Cancer, donating a portion from each hammer sold to breast cancer research.
The campaign was a success. So many women asked for additional tools in pink that Tomboy Tools reconsidered the color.
Today, the direct-sales company offers the majority of their tools in pink, but their success goes far beyond the color change.
“The tools are ergonomically designed to fit a smaller hand,” says Detroit-area sales manager Cindy Finley. “They’re more comfortable for women to use.”
Logo from Tomboy Tools
Toolmaker Thinks Pink Year-Round on October 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am
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