RON POPEIL WHEELS, DEALS, HAS MASS APPEAL
BACKGROUND
Ron “Ronco” Popeil is an American inventor a salesperson with one of the biggest successful in the history. Born in 1935 in New York, have a difficult childhood a pass for different houses in his family. His father was an inventor too that sold in department stores. Popeil find the love when made connection with the sale when had 16 years old in Chicago, this passion got to win $1.000 per week when the average salary was just $500 per month. [1]
Since was a teenager he has a success sell kitchen gadgets, this skill in this 1960’s give the opportunity to incorporated with Ronco in the television; Ronco use since this time his famous phrases to sold his own inventions, as he said “if I spent two years creating a product, conceiving it, tinkering with it, I can get up and sell it. Who can sell it better than the guy who invented it?”[2] Mr. Popeil is a man that do everything, from the idea to the sale, he is present in each part in the process, and for this reason is that he is convinced with his product that sale better.
One of the most successes is the dehydrator that made in 1990 and later his rotisserie BBQ that sold more than seven million units for just $39.95 each. Is important the role that have the television, because impulse the sale with the demonstration that he made.
Mr. Popeil sold his company to an investment group for over $55 million, but this is not mean the farewell of him; now he give his knowledge in consulting in business.
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Ronco Holdings Inc. is the name of the company with base in Austin TX, it maintained the philosophy of Mr. Popeil of believe in the product. And drive under the slogan “Always innovating” that is the essence of Mr. Popeil in his life and his company. [3]
The company Ronco offer nine products for the kitchen that are two version of dehydrator and three version of the rotisserie that their principal