WHEN Lyn Buyco-Tan’s dad, mom and younger brother Clec arrived from a trip to Singapore two years ago, they gifted her their 2-year old son Alec with a pair of light blue Crocs.
“I let Alec try on the Crocs and he started running around the house in it. Later, when I tried to take it off him because I was concerned that he might trip in the seemingly big shoes, he resisted! Alec just felt so comfortable wearing them”, recalls Lyn.
The hands-on mom became intrigued about the `odd-looking clog-type shoes with the holes in them’ that she looked it up in the Internet and what she came across amazed her. There were countless testimonials from people of all ages posted in various websites. Crocs was eliciting so many passionate fans from people around the world.
“I learned that the material wasn’t plastic or rubber but an innovative product named Croslite, which is a closed-cell resin. It is what makes Crocs so unique and popular. It’s bacteria-resistant, soft and molds to the wearer’s feet, slip-resistant, and very light that the shoes actually float. Crocs are extremely tough that they do just as well in water as on land”, exclaims Lyn.
Lyn was instantly hooked on Crocs! After her husband, renowned architect Patrick Tan expressed his full support to pursue their Crocs distribution for Southern Mindanao, the dynamic mom started making phone calls.
Patrick and Lyn eventually met with then Singaporean Sales Manager for Asia Jeremy Ng in Manila and Crocs Philippine Distributor Carlo Limjuco and the rest, as they say, is history.
Last June 7, 2008, the Tans officially opened their first Crocs Store at the second floor of SM City Davao. Cutting the ribbon was Alec (literally the `brainchild’ and inspiration of his parents’ business venture) and Davao City Councilor Susabel Reta.
“Crocs will always primarily be about comfortable and fashionable footwear, but now we’ve started giving more comfort to other areas of the body as well. One is the new Crocs shoulder straps for our heavy bags. Our latest products are the O-dials (holders of small electronic gadgets), Sling bags, apparel like T-shirts, socks and caps”, Lyn proudly announces.
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