GPS Tracking

Cary, Illinois, January, 2009. Hammacher-Schlemmer, the long established retailer/cataloger, has announced plans to feature the LandAirSea GPS Tracking Key in its monthly catalog, effective February, 2009.

Currently, the GPS Tracking Key is also available for purchase online at the company’s website, www.hammacher.com.

Hammacher-Schlemmer’s famous selection of specialized gadgetry encompasses a variety of collectibles and novelties to entice both the serious crafter and the kid at heart.  Because of its diversified spectrum of consumers, Hammacher-Schlemmer is confident that the GPS Tracking Key will be a popular addition to their extraordinary line of catalog merchandise.

About the Tracking Key:

The GPS Tracking Key is currently the most affordable, convenient and widely used product manufactured by LandAirSea Systems, Inc.  It is a compact, battery operated unit that use GPS (Global Positioning System) to track the whereabouts of vehicles, record time of departure, route traveled and speed and duration of stops.  Recorded data can then be downloaded and displayed with Google Earth® over a street map, satellite images or in a text report.  The GPS Tracking Key can be magnetically mounted just about anywhere in or on a vehicle, and will retail in the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalog for about $229.00. 

About Hammacher-Schlemmer:

Hammacher-Schlemmer is the oldest continuously published catalog in the United States, with an annual circulation that exceeds 30 million.  In 1848, its founder, Mr. William Tollner, first set up shop in New York City’s Bowery district, opening a hardware store that specialized in hard-to-find tools.   Five years later, Tollner’s nephew, William Schlemmer, arrived from Germany and began working in the store.  He was also joined by a German investor and friend of the family, Alfred Hammacher.

The printing and distribution of the first mail order catalog in 1881 was met with great success and in

1883, the company became officially known as Hammacher-Schlemmer. 

By the turn of the century, more distinctive merchandise was being added to meet the demands of a modern, more discriminating consumer, and soon began Hammacher Schlemmer’s celebrated tradition of showcasing new inventions in the pages of their catalog.

An innovator in the field of electronic and mechanical devices, Hammacher-Schlemmer is accredited for its many  convenient and labor saving household “firsts”:  the first pop-up toaster, the first automatic steam iron, the first cordless telephone, the first electric can opener,  the first electric toothbrush and the first mechanical ice crusher, just to name a few. 

The advent of the Internet and the rapid introduction of new technology in the late 20th century significantly changed the way Americans shopped for goods.  With online mania sweeping the nation,

Hammacher-Schlemmer also became one of the first retailers to go on the Internet with CompuServe, the first major online service in the United States, and by 1998, they had launched their own website.

Despite the rampant surge of online buying, the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalog remains a practical and entertaining vehicle for consumers interested in unique and unusual products. 

About LandAirSea:

In keeping with the theme of “firsts”, LandAirSea is another enterprise whose founders succeeded in carrying basic technology into the realm of the unheard of.   Established in 1994, LandAirSea has been a leading provider of the world’s most powerfully engineered GPS tracking systems, devices and software.  Once used strictly for military operations, Global Positioning System technology has been redesigned to meet the needs of average individuals, small businesses and law enforcement agencies, with  LandAirSea at the helm of many of these advancements.  Currently located in Cary, Illinois, they plan to move to a larger facility in nearby Woodstock in the spring of 2009.

The GPS Tracking Key is just one of their many products.  For more information about the GPS Tracking Key and other products, please visit www.landairsea.com.

With Hammacher-Schlemmer to feature the GPS Tracking Key in their catalog, LandAirSea hopes to continue the tradition of indispensable innovation in this millennium.

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