For the seventh year in a row, Sarasota-based JMX Brands has earned a spot on the Business Observer Top 500. The annual list ranks the top 500 companies from Tampa to Naples by gross revenues from the previous year. The small business founded in 2003 reported revenues of more than $11.8 million in 2019 to move up 10 spots to No. 335. JMX Brands is the parent company of the…
Sarasota-based niche online retailer JMX Brands landed on Furniture Today’s annual list of leading furniture e-tailers for the sixth year in a row. With estimated total sales between $10 and $14.9 million in 2019, the parent company of a variety of home furnishing and décor websites including flagship Amish furniture site www.dutchcrafters.com made the list that recognizes 23 online and home furnishings retailers in alphabetical order within three categories.…
DutchCrafters, a subsidiary of JMX Brands and the largest online store of Amish furniture at dutchcrafters.com, has started testing handling some of its own deliveries with an in-house shipping team based out of the company’s LaGrange, Ind. warehouse. The small business has been using trusted contract shippers and carriers like UPS and FedEx to ship its Amish-made furniture and home décor nationwide. In July, the in-house team started delivering to…
Joseph Benson has been named sales and service team manager for JMX Brands, a Sarasota-based ecommerce business and the largest online retailer of Amish furniture under the brand name DutchCrafters at www.dutchcrafters.com. Benson will oversee the sales and customer service for the company, ensuring the best possible customer experience throughout the sales cycle. He is responsible for developing staff and processes that will adapt to the company’s fast-growing environment. Benson…
Addy Battel of Cass City, Mich. and Faith Laughlin of Stewart, Ohio have been selected as the recipients of the DutchCrafters Amish Furniture Heritage Scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. This year, the Sarasota-based ecommerce retailer of Amish furniture received close to 500 applications for its Heritage Scholarship. The three-part application features an essay component that asks applicants to answer the question of how they will draw upon their cultural…
In late April, JMX Brands’ CEO Jim Miller and Vice President Linse Miller, the husband and wife team that founded the niche internet retailer in 2003, watched as the unemployment rate skyrocketed across the country while the Sarasota-based small business unexpectedly experienced a record month. The Millers decided to express their gratitude by donating money to All Faiths Food Bank, the only food bank serving Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. They…
When DutchCrafters’ Vice President Linse Miller found out the woodshop that builds the Amish Garden Furniture Collection was making personal-use hand-sewn facemasks available for purchase, she saw an opportunity to make a difference. The Amish furniture ecommerce retailer is selling the facemasks and giving the profits to All Faiths Food Bank to provide food to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The masks will help to protect people who are…
JMX Brands Business Finance Manager Ross Wiemken received the company’s President’s Award for the second year in a row during the Sarasota-based niche internet retailer’s 17th anniversary celebration earlier this year. Wiemken joined JMX Brands in April 2016 and quickly made an impact as a product manager. However, it has been his work as manager of the business finance team that has shown his capabilities. Promoted to the role in…
JMX Brands Vice President Linse Miller named Brittany Batchelor Rookie of the Year during the company’s 17th anniversary awards luncheon held at its offices in Sarasota earlier this year. The annual award recognizes an ambitious, hard-working employee with a tenure of one year or less who has added significant value and demonstrated team-player qualities. Batchelor, a mother of two and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee graduate, started with the Sarasota-based…
DutchCrafters, the largest online retailer of Amish furniture and home décor at www.dutchcrafters.com and daughter company of JMX Brands, is proud to announce it is accepting applications for its 2020 Heritage Scholarship. Founded in 2011, the scholarship was established as a way to give back to the communities that have supported the company, invest in the education of exceptional youth, and celebrate heritage. Students currently enrolled in or accepted to…
