CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ENDLESS ADVENTURES by Lee Ann Atwater NAPIER OUTDOORS
I t is great to follow up with previously featured businesses to see how things are going and we just had that opportunity this month with Napier Outdoors when we caught up with Jamie McAvoy, Marketing, Sales and Office Manager for Napier Outdoors. We are still amazed by the story of how Roman Napieraj, the compa- ny’s founder, turned a trip to Canadian Tire store to purchase some wooden beams, a tarp, and an air mattress to create his own tent in the back of his truck as a solution for bad allergies has transformed over the years developing into an innovative company celebrating 30 years of endless adventures, epic campsites and shared memories. Looking back who would have thought that a make shift tent used to keep Napieraj up off the ground and dry when he was sleeping as he toured Southern Ontario as part of a motocross league would develop into the world’s largest developer and distributor of Vehicle Camping Tents. Well Napieraj knew he was on to something because weekend after weekend when he would use his makeshift tent in the back of his truck, he was getting numerous comments and really positive feedback from those on the tour. However, it was not until one night on the tour that it started to downpour and every camper who could grabbed their tent and was putting it on their truck bed. Napieraj knew right there that he had an industry game changer. There was nothing like it on the market at the time and start Napieraj entrepreneurial journey. In 1990, Napier Enterprises was created and started offering the first Sportz Truck Tent to consumers as one of the original companies to produce andmarket truck tents in North America, but Napieraj did not stop there.
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SEPTEMBER 2020 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2020
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