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By Reported Donna Loyle

In fact, DiGiovanni scours Hong Kong suppliers so extensively that about six years ago he added a company office there. He tries to visit a new country every six months, and recently added the Phillipines, India and Thailand to Autom’s roster of vendor countries.

While he excels at product sourcing and merchandising, DiGiovanni readily admits to lacking expertise on the back end. All of Autom’s operations are conducted in-house at the Phoenix headquarters, and DiGiovanni has hired experienced professionals in finance, circulation and order fulfillment. “I think our challenge is not to tinker too much with them,” he jokes.