Enough Ties Sold to Reach 16x Around the Globe

record necktie sales

While Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, everyone here at Cheap-Neckties.com still feels the effect from the huge sales surge following the announcement of our biggest discounts ever. Within minutes of pressing send on our sales announcement e-mail, we knew that an “all hands on deck” approach would be required for the days following the sale to fulfill the thousands of orders. Even our company CEO helped pick and pack. Now that we are caught up with order fulfillment, we decided to take another look at the sales stats. Astonished by the record number of ties sold, we decided to highlight some of fun facts via an infographic.

Enough Silk Yarn to Wrap 16x Around the World
While the total number of ties (8,710 pieces) sold over Black Friday and Cyber Monday might surprise some, one truly astounding fact that should surprise anyone, is the fact that these 8,710 ties are made up of 418,319 miles (yes that is indeed a comma!) of fine silk thread – this is long enough to wrap the world 16x along the equator.

Really??? 16x around the World, Where is the Proof?
Yes, you read right! Thanks to all of your business, we sold enough ties over Black Friday and Cyber Monday whose total length of silk thread is long enough to wrap the globe sixteen times. Don’t believe it? Here is the math: Silk comes from the cocoon of a silk worm. Each silk worm wraps itself in super fine silk thread to form a cocoon. When this thread is un-spun it typically measures 1,500 – 2,500 feet in length. Now it takes about 120-150 silk worm cocoons to create enough silk yarn to weave a regular sized silk necktie. So, to make a tie about 250,000 feet (or about 47 miles) of silk thread is needed. This silk thread is spun to form a thicker silk yarn, which is then woven into fabric. The fabric is then cut and sown into a tie. Since we sold 8,710 ties, 418,319 miles of silk thread is needed to make these. This is long enough to wrap the world 16x. Still don’t believe it? Well, it is true. Just take our word for it!

Thank you everyone for making our Black Friday and Cyber Monday such a tremendous success. Your business and loyalty is truly appreciated!

Your Cheap-Neckties.com Team

 

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