“JBS Beauty Club is the largest general merchandise, cash and carry warehouse and distribution center in North America.”
WE ARE ONE-STOP SHOPPING.
JBS BEAUTY CLUB opened it’s second location on Feb 12th, 2007. It is located inside the Jinny Chicago Branch. JBS BEAUTY CLUB is the largest general merchandise, cash and carry warehouse and distribution center in North America. Designed and dedicated to address the growing needs of the OTC Beauty and Barber Supply retailers as a one stop shopping experience
JBS BEAUTY CLUB CHICAGO is more than 20,000 sq ft. warehouse and carries more than 30,000 general merchandise products including the top selling electrical items, apparels, bags, costume jewelry, fragrances, sunglasses, hair accessories, and much more.
JBS BEAUTY CLUB offers a variety of weekly specials and promotions. Our ever expanding product selection will help you increase your retail sales and bring up your bottom line.
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As of November 1, 2006, Mrs. Ann Jhin, the wife of the late Mr. Tae H. Jhin, is the CEO of Jinny Corporation.
Jinny Corp. is the parent company that will control all of the companies’ plans and actions of: Jinny Beauty Supply, JBS Beauty Club and OTC Beauty Magazine in Atlanta; Jinny Beauty Supply and JBS Beauty Club in Chicago; and Jinny Beauty Supply and MDS Distributor in Miami. Mr. Tae H. Jhin’s son, Eddie Jhin, remains as the Top Manager of Jinny Corp.
Eddie Jhin said, “My mother has started this business with my father from the beginning, and this was the wish from my father for my mother to be our CEO of Jinny Corporation. She has been becoming more involved with the daily business transactions for some time now. I have full confidence in my mother to run our company as it has been in the past. I know that our Jinny staff members will give my mother the same respect that they have given to my father and I am committed to doing the same. I am confident that we will do our best in reaching our unlimited goals and will do whatever it takes to preserve the legacy that my father has left behind.
I wish for my mother to lead us in the right direction and also for our Jinny staff members to be even more united as we overcome the barriers that are ahead of us.”
Eddie Jhin, President of Jinny Corporation, announced on October 31st 2006 that starting November 1st, Mike Erasmous will be President of Jinny Beauty Supply of Florida and MDS Distributors of Miami.
Mike Erasmous, founded MDS Beauty Supply in 1974. After
many years of success, in November of 2004, MDS merged with Jinny Beauty Supply of Florida and changed it’s name to MDS Distributors of Miami. Mike Erasmous – “I truly would like to
build a new structure for the current OTC retailers in the Florida market and to do business with our true international customers
with brand awareness program to enlarge their horizons beyond what they were accustom to in the past.”
Eddie Jhin stated, “I truly believe that Mike will add a new structure to our branch in Florida market. His vision of running the company is same as my father’s, building a strong bottom foundation and yet at the same time building a stronger relationships with our customers internationally and domestically.” Mike will be the first President that Jinny Corporation has assigned in our 26 years outside the family members. I am positive that he will set a great standard for rest to follow for all of our future regional branch Presidents. I wish him the best of everything.
A brief look back:
Mr. Tae Hoon Jhin was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chang Hyun Jhin on July 4, 1929 in Kae Sung, North Korea. He was the eldest of seven brothers and sisters.
He went to South Korea in 1950 as a refugee and remained there until 1973.
He majored in Political Science at Kun Kook University, receiving a B.S. in 1962.
He came to the U.S. in 1973 and started Jinny Corp. Today, Jinny is a multimillion dollar corporation with three distribution centers in Chicago, Atlanta and Miami.
Mr. Jhin helped start the OTC Beauty Supply Association in 1990 and became the first Chairman of the Board (1991-1992).
He also published the only magazine to cover the multicultural beauty industry, named OTC Beauty Magazine.
My Father, Tae Hoon Jhin
by Eddie Jhin
Mr. Tae Jhin, my father, had cancer of lung and liver and was trying to battle this since June 29. The founder and CEO of Jinny Beauty Supply Company, Inc. passed away at 10:45pm on Friday, Oct. 13, 2006.
He passed away seeing all the members of his various families. My father’s pastor was there to open the gates for him as well. It was the greatest moment that I have ever witnessed personally. He nodded to what we were saying to his last breathe. He passed away with no pain, even closing his eyes on his own at the end.
There are so many stories of my father that I want to share with everyone, but I want to mention the most important lessons that he has instilled in me: “Nothing can be done without sacrifice.” He said this to me so many times that it still fresh in my mind. What he meant by this was that in order to be strive to be better in life, one must sacrifice a part of oneself. No single person alone can be the best in all areas of his/her life; something needs to be sacrificed in order to achieve greatness in any one area.
To me, my father sacrificed his own leisure time for the benefit of his company. It was not until he was in the hospital that he told me he wanted to go fishing and travel with my mother to places that they had never been, just to enjoy what the world has to offer. He also mentioned that he would like to come to the company a maximum of two or three times a week to see how his company was doing and have meetings with the manufacturer representatives and brokers. It was at that moment that I realized he really did sacrifice a large portion of his life to build a solid company. He worked so hard to achieve this.
Another comment I remember my father making was, “People call me stingy and they say that I don’t know how to spend money.” I know for a fact that he was stingy. My father was separated from his parents in North Korea at the age of 17 due to the Korean War. He was left to fend for himself, financially and mentally, without any help or guidance from family members. Due to his hardships and the type of person he was, he personally helped many people throughout his entire life by opening up opportunities for them. I would say he knew the value of a dollar and how hard it is to make an honest dollar. One day, he said to me, “If you walk all over any town for a whole day, you will never find a dollar on the street, anywhere.” I have found this to be so true! My father valued everything and he did not take anything for granted, even at his last moment.
I see my father as an imperfect man who made mistakes in his life, but no matter what, he is a perfect example of the American dream. He is my personal hero. He came to the U.S. in 1973 at the age of 41, by himself, with less than $1,500 USD in his pocket. Without any financial help from others, he created the Jinny Beauty Supply we all know today. I can’t imagine the type of treatment he must have received from all sides of the industry during those early years. But, amazingly enough, he did it and he never stopped. When I was younger, he told me that his dream was to build a $100 million USD company. The moment he did, he raised his goal to a higher number. I did not view this as greed; I admired his vision as a challenge to become something bigger than what God has intended for him to be.
In his last hours, when Pastor Kim gave my father a prayer and baptized him, my father opened his eyes wide as he gripped my mother’s and Pastor Kim’s hands as hard as he could. It was amazing to witness in person this miracle of God’s work. To be very honest with all of you, in the past, my father and I had not been the “church going type” of people. To me, this experience has changed my perspective in many ways. I now know, for a fact, that my father is smiling at us from above and letting us know that he will be watching us from time to time.
My father, and my only true boss, is my personal hero. I hope and pray that when it is my time to leave this world, my children will respect and miss me with all their heart, the way we do with him. I salute my father with the utmost respect and thanks for everything he has done for us.
Eddie Jhin,
Son and President of Jinny Corp.
Eulogy
by Mr. Samuel C. Kim, long-time friend and colleague of Mr. Tae H. Jhin
Letting go of Mr. Tae Jhin, the man who lays before us today, will undoubtedly be one of the most difficult things that we will have to do. We are in great pain, sorrow and sadness as we face this great challenge set before us today. As he leaves us, to be with God up in heaven where he will be much loved, there are many fond memories of him left with us. To name just a few:
Though he was a man of very few words, he was always very warm and caring.
He achieved the American Dream, proving himself to be a great role model to a large number of Korean-Americans.
As Mr. Chang Bum Kim reminded us today, Mr. Jhin was a very devoted family man. He never once forgot his siblings who are in North Korea, and he always tried to help them achieve a better life. When Mr. Jhin and I were having dinner one night, he mentioned how his thoughts were always on his siblings in North Korea. He wished there was a way he could connect them with his children in the U.S. Even though he was very stern and perhaps too strong of a man at times, whenever he thought about his siblings, he would become teary-eyed with his immense love for them. His youngest daughter, Jennifer, was surprised to see that her often strict father had such a tender side.
As all of you may already know, he was the first person to help if there was someone in need of it. He gave courage and assistance to anyone feeling disappointed; he gave physical assistance and provided vision to someone who was feeling despair. He was like a comfortable shoulder to lean on, and I am sure that we all knew that. Even when he was bed-ridden, he always worried about his sons, daughter, grandchildren and wife who never left his side. Behind his quietness and sternness, there was a kinder and gentle heart filled with deep love.
Mr. Tae Jhin immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s, where he started from scratch, empty-handed. He built Jinny Beauty Supply, now a multimillion dollar corporation through his hard work, talent and dedication. Through this, we can tell how hard he worked to achieve the American dream. He is a huge role model and an inspiration to many. People who don’t know him might have thought that his success was by pure chance and luck. However, the Mr. Tae Jhin that I knew was someone who was smarter than any MBA-holder or financial advisor that I know. His greatest ethics in life were hard work, frugality and integrity; these are the characteristics that helped Jinny get to where it is today.
His dedication did not stray in his later years. He was at work by 4 a.m., when everyone else was still asleep (he would make the coffee for his employees); his day didn’t end until 8 p.m., when everyone else had already gone home and had dinner. He had spent the last 30 years like this. He never even went on vacation because he always put work before anything else. It mattered a lot that his time was never wasted away. Some people called him a workaholic, but he didn’t even blink an eye. Until today, this characteristic is a major part of what has made Jinny the largest multi-cultural beauty supplier in the world.
Not only was he hard working and strategic in his business tactics, but he was also very transparent with his credit policies, making him a role model and a source of inspiration for manufacturers, exporters and everyone else in the business.
Mr. Tae Jhin, the man who was so kind, warm, hard-working and tenacious, is no longer with us. It is a great loss to us all. He has left us to be with God in heaven and will still look after us from above, making sure that we are all doing well. As he has always done, he will never stop caring and praying for us up there.
Mr. Tae Jhin will always look after his family, his business and all of the people that he loved. He emphasized hard work and restraint in pursuit of a better life for all. The only thing that I want to say before I end this eulogy is, “Hey, my friend, see you in heaven.”
Resolution
by Geri Duncan Jones, executive director of the AHBAI
as stated on Oct. 17, 2006
“To Eddie, Scott, Jennifer, Mrs. Jhin and the entire Jhin family:
I stand before you on behalf of the Board of Directors of the American Health & Beauty Aids Institute to offer our deepest sympathy in the loss of Mr. Jhin.
Mr. Jhin was a very powerful man. Yes, he was one of the most powerful men in the beauty industry, without question.
He helped to revolutionize the beauty industry by creating a new channel of distribution, which opened up thousands of beauty supply stores across the country. These stores helped to create new business opportunities for many manufacturers and we are grateful that God allowed Mr. Jhin to pass our way.
Tonight is a great testament to his life as hundreds of manufacturers, beauty and barber suppliers and other beauty industry executives have traveled here from across the country to pay tribute to such a great man.
At this time, I ask that all the representatives from the beauty industry please stand as I read our Resolution:
Whereas, again a human spirit has taken its flight at the call of the Heavenly Father to the mansion prepared for him from the foundation of the earth by an all-wise and loving God, we pen these resolutions to express our sympathy in the loss of Tae H. Jhin, founder and CEO, Jinny Corporation.
Whereas, the American Health & Beauty Aids Institute has lost a wonderful person in the passing of Mr. Jhin, we rejoice that his belief in the promise of God in Psalm 73:24 is now fulfilled. “Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory.
Therefore, be it resolved:
– That, Mr. Jhin was a major OTC wholesaler who played an integral role in the beauty industry by significantly xpanding distribution through OTC B&B’s nationally.
– That, Mr. Jhin’s conhttp://www.jinny.com/images/news/taehoonjhin_1.jpgtributions to the beauty industry were innumerable and will continue to have a positive impact for many years to come.
– That, even as we mourn Mr. Jhin’s death, we are resigned to our all-wise Heavenly Father’s will.
– That, we express to Eddie Jhin, the Jhin Family and the Jinny Corporation family our deep sympathy in their loss and the reminder that their loss is heaven’s gain.
Humbly submitted on this 17th day of October, two thousand six.”
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As of July 31st 2006, we as Jinny Beauty Supply Company have realized the challenges with our ever changing industry and economy that we are facing today so for our future we have changed our corporate image from Jinny Beauty Supply Company to Jinny United.
Jinny United represents all our companies acting and behaving as one. Our goal is to provide the best working environment and benefits for our Jinny staff members, building a solid “win-win” business relationships with our manufacturers/vendors and their representatives and brokers and most importantly offer our customers the best solutions to their needs and requirements.
To all the Jinny United staff members the changes of our logo has a sacred meaning. We will act as one in every aspect of our business and help one another in times of sorrow and rebound and reap the benefits when we all have earned it through our hard work ethic.
The message that I have for our vendors and their representatives and brokers, is to come join us and let’s compromise and consolidate our strengths together to build a better business relationships and for the future of our industry as well.
The message that I have for our customers is “thank you” for being supportive of our company for so many years and we promise to work harder to earn the right to be your number one distributor of your choice. Our mission is to offer the best customer service in this industry and keep coming up with new ideas and promotions to enhance your business and nurture your needs.
The message that I have for our Jinny United staff members is that “being the best” in any field of business or activities, requires great team work and great people. I am very proud to say that our Jinny United staff members are made up of this. I do not believe in a “one man” theory in this day and age. I say to my people to grow with me and watch where we are going, you shall take us to places where you could not even imagined by yourself but together and only together, it will happen without you even knowing. “Don’t take anything for granted and be humble with oneself and always stay paranoid and be alert.” I promise each and everyone of you that in years to come, Jinny United will make you proud one day.
The Jinny Data Bank is composed of 30,000 plus products and data collected over the past nine years of detailed information covering nearly the whole country in our highly sophisticated computer system. It is designed to supply you with the information you need to better serve all of your multicultural beauty care customers.
The information is compiled from our actual shipments and can be reported in multiple ways, depending on your needs. Monthly, quarterly or yearly by zip code, state or region and by category, brand or type of product. The information will be specific to your needs.
Now you can have the most accurate, complete and up-to-date data when planning seasonal promotions, new sizes or types of product or completely new products to address a growing category.
The information will help take the guess work out of planning new items by identifying and tracking category sales and trends. The information will track your current products to identify geographic areas that
need special or extra marketing efforts and will help quantify those results.
The information will be an invaluable tool for space allocation when doing plano-grams for your retail chain customers.
The information will make category reviews quicker, more accurate and timely. Our information is considered to be more accurate than any other type of data provided in this industry. In this era, we value information as a key element in growing any type of business.
Jinny Corp is now offering their exclusive statistical data reports of product movement to manufacturers and vendors (USA only).
The data is much more accurate than any data currently available for the multicultural beauty care industry and is now, for the first time, available for purchase! The reports can be sorted by a specific brand, type of product, region, state, city, or zip. Monthly, quarterly or annually, get only the reports your company needs.
How do you know which hair color products sell best in your Region, State and City?
As part of our continuing effort to help you increase your sales and profit for your OTC stores, our company is pleased to announce a new program “Cosmetic Access Program (CAP)” starting, April 1st of 2005.
In order to keep our OTC stores more competitive with the national chains, the ever increasing fuel prices and to meet any and all other distributors’ freight minimum amounts including our company’s freight minimum, Jinny Beauty Supply has worked out a program with UPS Ground Services to have a shipping Free Minimum of $350.00 for all the cosmetic brands (Open Stocks ONLY) that we carry under our roof (No Displays).
Our study and research have shown us that the Cosmetic category in our current OTC stores nationwide is one of the weakest areas in terms of brand selections, low inventory levels and basically not keeping up with the consumers’ demand.
This is one area that our OTC stores could largely benefit and increase your SALES in your particular store, if you take the advantage and use this “Cosmetic Access Program”.
Below are the lists of brands for the “Cosmetic Access Program”:
Aziza Cosmetic
Black Radiance Cosmetics
Jordache Cosmetics
Milani Cosmetics
Posner Cosmetics
Rich On Cosmetics
Black Opal Cosmetics
Joie Kollection Cosmetics
Maxi Cosmetics
NYX Cosmetics
Profound Cosmetics
Jinny Beauty Supply Florida Company and MDS Inc. announced a merger: Creating the new MDS Distributors of Miami.
“I truly would like build a new structure for the current OTC retailers in the Florida market and to do business with our true international customers with brand awareness program to enlarge their horizons beyond what they were accustom to in the past.”
Jinny Beauty Supply Florida Company and MDS Inc. are very pleased to announce a merger that will create the new MDS Distributors of Miami. The two companies, both leaders in their fields, are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead in the growing Florida market and its current and new international markets.
Mr. Tae Jhin, founder and CEO of Jinny Beauty Supply, brings more than twenty four years of experience to this new company and has seen Jinny Beauty Supply grow from a single Benjamin Franklin type of retail store in Kenosha, Wisconsin to the largest distributor of the multi-cultural beauty supply and general merchandise in the world.
Mr. Michael Erasmous had a somewhat of a different beginning, but brings a similar level of experience to the new company. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Michael has been married for thirty five years and has two children. A 1967 Bryant College graduate with a major in accounting and later advanced studies at New York University Michael started his work career with a sports management firm in White Plains, New York that specialized in all aspects of management and financial planning of professional athletes. While working in this field, Michael met and formed relationships with several sports figures of the 70’s. In 1974 Michael and his wife moved to Florida and started MDS Beauty Supply Inc. He has been a dominant figure in the South Florida market for over 30 years.
We are very confident to say that with the combined experiences of Mr. Tae Jhin, CEO of Jinny Beauty Supply Co. and Mr. Mike Erasmous of MDS Inc, they have much to offer one to another and to their new company, MDS Distributor of Miami.
When OTC Magazine asked each person’s plan of actions for the new company, Mr. Erasmous stated, “With the new merger, I wish we could bring the same level of success that I could be proud of in terms of integrity and establish a strong business to keep the MDS Inc legacy for others to follow”. “I look forward to this new marriage in business that will be a new start for me.”
Mr. Jhin states, “I truly would like build a new structure for the current OTC retailers in the Florida market and to do business with our true international customers with brand awareness program to enlarge their horizons beyond what they were accustom to in the past.” “The time has come where we need to help and support our OTC retailers in the Florida market to help them rebuild their stores and to truly separate the international market with the domestic market and to build a stronger brand awareness that they have not seen in the past and to educate and communicate to our international customers how to achieve these goals in their markets.”
An Article from OTC Multi Cultural Beauty News – December 2004 Edition Jinny Beauty Supply Co.
“Since the birth of the human hair department for Jinny Beauty Supply on August 15th 2001.
We have made “Urban Beauty” known as the “Blue Box of human hair”, one of the most recognized brand in the country within short 3 years . We were the first human hair importer to advertising in the national Television ads and also the first to have a standard pricing policy for our products. We wanted our customer to make more profit with our human hair than any other brand and at the same time bringing stylists and everyday consumers into their stores to purchase our human hair brands. And I believe that our company has done just that since August 2001!!!
Since 2001, we have been asked from our customers numerous times, “Why don’t you guys come up with the synthetic line of hair?”
Well I am very please to announce that we will fulfill their wishes and starting November 15th, 2004. This date will be the first date that Jinny Atlanta will be presenting and promoting our newest brand of synthetic hair called “Urban Beauty Beauti Collection and the F/X Series
(Fast Extension Series). Our company has spend many many months coming up with the package design, studied the different types of styles and different types of marketing approach to promoting and selling our newest brand in the market place.
I truly believe that in today’s world and in the future world, the makers of any line of hair (human and synthetic hair) needs to bring the consumers to the retailers and not other way around. We need to come up with promotions to drive our customer’s retail store business to sell more at their levels. In other words, “We need to first think about our retailers’ business first then worry about yours later.”
Starting March 1st 2005, our Chicago and Miami branches will be able to offer their customers our newest line of synthetic lines as well. Please visit our showrooms and take a look at what we have done differently for yourself.
Hopefully with our customers’ support and with our ever-lasting quest for improving our standards every year will make this new brand into another success hopefully it will not take another 3 years to do this.
