International Women’s Day Gifts


Virgil Winston:
Marketing Guru

A brilliant marketing mind told me that the average person cannot tolerate being told he is wrong. Change the pronoun and you have my wife in a nutshell. Not only is my wife always right, she has bionic hearing too, which is why I have decided to dedicate today’s column to womankind.

Consider the following female facts:

• Female ants do all the work
• Women blink twice as many times as men do • In Japan, Santa Claus is a woman • The female angler fish weighs up to half a ton, while the male is only a few millimeters long and spends his life attached to her nose

As you probably know, I am an advocate of non-gender specific gifts but there are times when specificity is appreciated. Since an International Women’s Day was proclaimed in 1909 in order to celebrate the working women of the world, it is high time to celebrate the women who work for you.

Show the women in your employ that you appreciate their business acumen…and that you recognize that in order to get the job done, they need a lot of stuff. The Wenger Women’s Tote offers plenty of storage room in a feminine business tote. It includes an open compartment; a front zippered organizer for pens, electronics, and accessories, zippered center and interior storage compartments and an interior strap with snap closure to keep tote shut during travel. If she carries her office with her, give her a professional laptop bag with space, protection, and style. The Wenger Women’s Compu-Case features a removable, padded sleeve that holds laptops up to 15″ and makes packing and unpacking a breeze.

I’m off to take my wife and her mother to dinner. It should be a fun evening considering her mother’s favorite saying is, “Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”