PRLog - Nov. 25, 2014 - While not your traditional mom and pop store, NoNickel.com is a family-owned business that espouses the values set forth by our ancestors. High quality products, caring customer service, and good value are key elements that have made this company a success!
Owners Michael and Lea Dow started NoNickel’s parent company, Athena Allergy, Inc. over eleven years ago to fill the void by providing nickel free products that customers can truly trust. The acquisition of NoNickel several years later enabled them to increase their product lines and the resulting growth has been significant!
With the foresight to source regional leather craftsmen and a jewelry designer with the same commitment to quality products, NoNickel became the trusted authority on nickel free goods. It is surprising to learn that a company offering outstanding and personal customer service, same day shipping for most orders, and over 200 nickel free products, has less than ten employees including the owners!
Located just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, NoNickel owners enjoy the opportunity to chat with customers about their nickel allergy problems and then offer solutions to improve their quality of life. Living with nickel allergy is challenging, as nickel is pervasive. Typically, the first step is to detect nickel in metal. This can be done simply and effectively with Nickel Alert™, a dmg spot test that will detect nickel in trace amounts so it can be avoided. Once nickel is detected, the next step is either protecting the skin from that nickel with the clinically proven barrier, Nickel Guard™ or replacing the metal item with one that contains no nickel.
Michael Dow comments that his experience in dealing with belt manufacturers helped him to fully understand what the nickel allergic population faces on a daily basis. Belt manufacturers demonstrated their belief that ‘nickel free’ products may actually be manufactured with a trace of nickel, or that the nickel in a belt may be covered with nickel free plating. In both cases, those with nickel allergy would stand to suffer the consequences. Belts from NoNickel.com are batch-tested to assure there is truly no nickel in the base metal or in any plating; the products are guaranteed for life that they will never test positive for nickel!
The handcrafted genuine leather nickel free belts have filled a need for those with nickel allergy. For so many years, these individuals had to choose from mass produced, poorly constructed belts that could easily end up causing a nickel allergy reaction. Now there are belts that have been crafted with care and precision, allowing many customers to wear an attractive, durable, one-of-a-kind belt---until their friends ask where they bought the belt, of course!
This year has brought even more positive changes for the nickel allergic consumer! NoNickel now offers genuine leather belts paired with durable titanium or innovative carbon fiber buckles that come with a lifetime guarantee! Policies such as this are reminiscent of those old mom and pop stores where one’s word was their bond. NoNickel offers a written guarantee, however, that with any failure or breakage in their Signature Series Belts there will be a replacement or a full refund.
The jewelry artist who designs for NoNickel suffers from nickel allergy herself, so she ensures that each product she delivers will never cause those uncomfortable, itchy nickel rashes that she has endured in the past. Handcrafted in North Carolina, the nickel free earrings, bracelets, and necklaces exhibit her own beautifully unique designs and style.
NoNickel owners believe in supporting the community as well! In addition to donating a portion of a belt’s sales to the local Susan G. Komen Foundation, this company actively backs local school groups, civic organizations, swim teams and strongly advocates the shop local movement for farm products.
So, on this Small Business Saturday, support those local businesses that have been depended upon for years but also consider small businesses that operate in a different way to ensure that people’s lives are healthfully impacted.
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November 25, 2014 at 15:06 PM EST
