History of Jamin' Leather since 1979

JAMIN' LEATHER - Established 1979

TODAY
JAMIN' LEATHER CATALOG OUTLET
Currently seeking franchisee interests.
Hwy 17 Business S, Surfside Beach (Myrtle Beach area) S.C.
Located 2 miles south of Hwy 544, since June 2007

North Myrtle Beach NEW LOCATION since October 2009
3834 Hwy 17 South in North Myrtle Beach

Surfside Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
North Myrtle Beach Hours: 12-6 Wed-Mon
Mail Order Hours: Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9-3
Customer Service (843) 839-5255
Customer Service (800) 79-JAMIN'
Fax Line (843) 839-5259

Visit our flagship location in an all NEW retail outlet in Surfside Beach. Part of a large complex called Jamin' Town. Surfside Beach is a 2 mile square township along the beach just south of the city of Myrtle Beach. Jamin' Leather's new 25,000 sq foot location is approximately 5 miles south of the Myrtle Beach Harley dealer, and just south of 'Legends in Concert' hall. Located next to Wild Water and Wheels, Hudson Flea Market and across from Blockbuster Video and Surfside Live.

Directions From Interstate 95:
Exit for 501 East toward Myrtle Beach. Take 544 south toward Surfside/Murrels Inlet, pass Walmart and 17 bypass and make a right on highway 17 Business. Jamin' Town and Jamin' Leather is 2 miles south on the right hand side.
Directions from Myrtle Beach:
Take 17 Business south past the Air Force Base, State park, Harley dealer, large camp grounds, Legends in Concert and continue 1/4 mile south of Glens Bay Road on the right side. OR from 17 Bypass, south of Hwy 501, past Wicked Stick Golf Course, East Coast Volkswagon Dealership, and make left on Glens Bay Rd, then make right on Hwy 17 Business, and Jamin' Leather is 1/4 mile south on right side.

OUR CATALOGS:
1980 - Our first mail order leather catalog was a limited production release throughout the region in the fall of 1979. Jamin' Jamie concentrated on retail establishments until the fall of 1992. JAMIN' LEATHER began to reach out to the nation with their first full color 1993 edition leather catalog. The catalog was featured, amongst other places, in "The BEST CATALOGS IN THE WORLD".

1980 Limited Edition	1993 Limited Edition	1994 Edition	1994 Summer	1995 Edition
1995 Summer	1996 Edition	1996 Summer Edition	1997 Summer Edition	1997 Edition
	Myrtle Beach SC Catalogs
1998 Edition	1998 Summer	1999 Edition	1999 Summer Edition	2000 Millenium Ed.
2000 Summer #005	2001 Edition #011a	2001 Edition #011b	2001 Summer #105	2002 winter #111
2002 Spring #202	2002 Summer #205	2002 Summer #207	2003 Edition #211	2003 Edition #212
2003 Street #304	2003 Activeware #305	25th Anniversary #310	2004 Gift Catalog #312	2004 Spring #405
2005 A #405c	2005 B #504b	2005 C #504c	2006 A #512a	2006 B #512b
2006 C #602c	2006 D #605d	2007 A #610b	2007 B #612a	2007 C #705c
2008 A #711a	2008 B #802b	2008 C #805c	2009 A #811

CIRCULATION & THE NET
JaminLeather.com has over 2 Million copies in circulation to date. Printed editions are released only 3 to 4 times a year, this is why JAMIN' LEATHER CATALOG jumped onto the net, so users such as yourself, can keep on top of the latest exciting new products available today. Many of the products offered here may never show up in printed editions.

THE WORLD WIDE WEB
The FIRST and LARGEST and undisputed! We first logged onto the net in the summer of 1995. Within 4 weeks we were receiving over 100,000 hits a week. Since then, much, much, much more! Most of our current and past websites include:

CATALOG on CD-ROM!
Shopping for the new millennium! JAMIN' LEATHER CATALOG went to CD-ROM. It is a complete off-line replica of our online catalog which you can order and shop. The CD-Rom on the right was the first edition. Thousands of these CD's were distributed throughout the states. We produced one for every edition of our catalog since that time until recently. We are waiting for the next technology to make CD or DVD's more profitable and possibly including episodes of our Leather Beach with Mr Jamin' Town and short clips. For more details contact Jamin' Jamie Keats.

BIKE RALLY EVENT GUIDE
Jamin' Leather as sponsored the production and distribution of the Myrtle Beach Bike Week Events Guide now called "Naked Biker News.com Event Guide". This guide is printed and published twice a year for the motorycle rally that comes to the beach every year, complete with a full map of the Grand Strand so visitors know exactly where to shop or hang!

We print between 35,000 and 50,000 copies each and every issue - Visit nakedbikernews.com for complete information on the rally and the guide. See all the fun you may have missed at Jamin' Leather and all around Myrtle Beach. NakedBikerNews.com is the new name, formally known as MyrtleBeachRallies.com. The site tell the "Naked Truth About Riding the Grand Strand... except Myrtle Beach!"

Fall 2001 #110	Spring 2002 #205	Spring 2003 #305	Spring 2004 #405
Spring 2006

1979-1997

• Pre 1979 - ANCIENT HISTORY - Since the summer of 1975 and the establishment of JAMIE'S LEATHER in upstate New York, we had been hand making a large variety of small leather products, from belts and wristbands to handbags and wallets, and offered them for sale at Flea Markets, Craft Shows and State Fairs, Roosevelt Raceway Flea Market in Long Island, Republic Airport Flea Market in Farmingdale NY, Vermont State Fair in Rutland VT, just to name a few.

• ESTABLISHED 1979 -Jamie's Leather began servicing the Upstate New York region with the best valued hand crafted, American Made and imported leather goods available at the best available prices. The first use of the name Jamin' Leather was used upon the opening of the Albany NY store in 1989.

• FORMER LOCATIONS - Jamin' Leather had numerous locations in and around the capital district in NY. This listing is for those who may live in these regions and remember our old locations. Amongst the locations (in order of their grand openings) was:
  • Rutland VT - Rutland Mall (10/79-6/80)
  • Queensbury NY - Aviation Mall (Glens Falls area 6/80-3/82)
  • Saratoga Springs NY - Saratoga Mall Kiosk (formally Pyramid Mall 4/82-3/95)
  • Amsterdam NY - Amsterdam Mall (10/82-12/82)
  • Menands NY - Menands Tri-City Market (83-84)
  • Manchester Center VT - RT. 7A (84-86)
  • Saratoga Springs NY - Saratoga Mall 1600 Sq ft Store (84-12/31/96) Established Mail-order!
  • Johnstown NY - Pyramid Mall  (10/85-9/90)
  • Lake George Village NY - Christie Lane (5/86-10/88)
  • Albany NY - 1545 Central Ave  (10/89-12/90)
  • Lake George Village NY - 277 Canada St  (5/88-10/95)
  • Wilton NY - Wilton Mall  (10/94-12/94)
  • Lake George Village NY - 156 Canada St (5/94-11/96)
  • Queensbury NY - Aviation Mall (6/96-6/15/97)
  • Lake George Village NY - 296 Canada St (5/97-6/97)
  • Myrtle Beach SC - 1611 N Kings Hwy. (6/97-6/99)
  • Myrtle Beach SC - 4015 Belle Terre Blvd (a.k.a. Hwy 501) (6/99-6/2007)

IS JAMIN' SPELT WRONG?
(We pronounce it jammin' or jam in!)

Well we know what some of you are thinking. Jamin' is spelt wrong! Well, you are right, only if you were using the word as as an adjective or adverb, but not if you're writing about the best leather retailer in the industry (at least we think so!). We've read Webster's dictionary (and even received exerts in our e-mail box), but this is a business name that was changed around 1989 intentionally from the name Jamie's Leather (est. 1979) to Jamin', for lack of a better reason, a spelling change. To keep the business ownership anonymous so they can concentrate on the business operations and future of Jamin' Leather. I guess dealing with customers and salespeople disguised as friends and family of the business asking for handouts, discounts, special services and false claims on merchandise can get to anyone after a while.

Jamin' Leather has been pondering over a spelling change to Jam In Leather (has a nice ring and won't be mistaken as a misspelling), but the verdict isn't in yet. Besides we also won't have to change our domain name of jaminleather.com!