Around the Globe merchandising was established in 2003 by Greg Swaim as a second career after spending 30 years in the automotive industry of a fortune 100 company.
During those 30 years he worked thru the ranks from factory floor into management as a purchasing agent and customer contact with the responsibility for procuring the needed finished parts for the "Big 3" automotive manufactures.

Upon early retirement at age 48, he became acquainted with one of the major hardware independent suppliers and accepted the challenge of helping them to convert the independent hardware stores to be able to purchase their ware's from them.
Thru this he learned the process of matching and converting like products, to help the independent stores make a smooth transition from one supplier to the next!

Drawing on his past experience in the automotive field, and in inventory control, he also was an asset in helping bring many stores online to have the capability to order direct from warehouse thru CS 2000 audit inventory system.

His excellent sense of organization became the basis for a merchandising future.

Along with his wife Lisa, who had a very comfortable and secure position in the wholesale electrical supplier market, made the challenging and difficult decision to leave the company she so dearly cared for to help under take this adventure and make it grow.

They together have become two of the top merchandisers in the country! Being able to match and blend merchandise and set the product by P.O.G. and use their excellent skills in organization to help build new hardware stores from the ground-up and resetting existing stores, setting fixtures and merchandising complete stores by plan-o-gram and knowledge of product.

This has grown to a team of over 20 employees who travel the whole U.S. of A. and Around The Globe working with independent hardware's, Big Box stores, grocery stores and other retailers, also remodel of several retail chain stores, electrical, audio, computer and linens stores to help them achieve their marketing needs.