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Whitby celebrates threefold
Whitby and Co has won a major award from Helle Knives for being their top international distributor in 2008. Sales of Helle in the UK have increased by 350% from the year 2007 to 2008, a tremendous figure in its own right, but doubly so when you find that this figure doesn't take into account that Whitby actually only took on the distribution of Helle half way through the year, in June 2008.
More cause for optimism comes with the news that the company's Leatherman sales for the first quarter of 2009 are up by over 20%, with a host of new product launches planned throughout the year.
The new product launches will range from the high quality, low cost new Leatherman Monarch Flashlights through to the replacement of the Core Multi Tool with the new Super Tool 300 in autumn. Whitby also has plans to run a number of value added combo packs throughout 2009, making the products even more desirable.
Finally, Wenger Swiss Army Knives' first quarter sales in the UK are over 50% up on 2008, which was also a year of high growth for the brand.
