Brookstone is a specialty dealer providing a variety of consumer goods that are useful in purpose, excellent in quality and design and not generally available from other retailers. The company first made itself known to the world in a modest classified ad disposing special tools that are basically hard to find in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Since 1965 the quality of product, service, and people has been a trademark of Brookstone. The very first product list catalog comprised of 24 black-and-white pages, with all inclusive, no-nonsense facts on highlights, capabilities, dimensions, materials and just about anything that would aid the customer with his or her buying decision. As Brookstone's catalog favorable outcome grew, its production expanded, so In 1973, they opened its first general store in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where a spontaneous walk-in trade immediately developed. At present, Brookstone operates through its center of operations in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and in its delivery center and customer care service in Mexico, Missouri. Presently, Brooktone manages over 300 retail shops all throughout the U. S. and Puerto Rico, for the most part in prime shopping centers, commercial shops and the nation's busiest airports, and is establishing 10 to 15 new shops every year.