The BP Effect – Kayak Sales Down 60%

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If you’re in the market for a kayak, Sunjammers Watersports in Panama City Beach is the place to go. There are few others that sell kayaks in the area, but during the summer 2010, they sold 40% what they sold in the summer of 2009 – and kayak sales is their bread and butter. Luckily, low overhead and a diversified selling strategy allowed them to keep their doors open. The BP Effect was clear and present for Sunjammers this summer. Not only were kayak sales way down, other aspects of their business they were growing saw a fraction of the growth they were expecting.

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The BP Effect – Finn’s Island Style Grub

Best fish tacos in PCB.

They said he has the best fish tacos in town. Knowing the term “best” is relative, depending on who’s using it, the term “best” is relevant to me in my description of them; they are delicious. But, I’m hardly a fish taco connoisseur. After countless emails raving about the superb quality of Finn’s Island Style Grubb, located next to Mr. Surf’s Surf Shop on Thomas Drive, I had to check them out. What I found was amazing, and what owner Justin Buxton does to his fish tacos is inspiring. His business model is simple: provide excellent quality, unique flavor, keep it small and do it in a laid back atmosphere. This is what kept him in business over the summer when oil threatened the beaches of Panama City Beach, trashing summer tourism numbers and possibly damaging the perception of Panama City Beach for years to come.

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How has the BP Oil Spill Affected Your Business

In what was supposed to be the best summer Panama City Beach has ever seen, tourism numbers were crushed in light of a dark, oily threat that loomed in the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of British Petroleum. BP operated the Deepwater Horizon oil platform that dynamically floated approximately 250 miles southeast of Houston, it blew up on April 20, 2010, causing what is being labeled as many as the greatest oil spill in the history of the United States. From an ecological perspective, Louisiana was devastated. Ecologically, Panama City Beach was fine, but economically and perceptually, we were devastated as well.

Over the next 12 weeks, we’re going to dig deep and talk about the myriad ways area businesses were affected, directly and indirectly, and discuss some of the ways they made it through, despite the troubling circumstances. The goal is absolutely not to be a negative spin, but rather just a presentation of the facts and how real people were affected by something that really never even happened here.

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