Long Island’s daily paper, Newsday, has a write-up on the highly successful business MerchDirect. The company, which got off the ground nearly eight years ago, recently inked a deal with the estate of ODB to become to the merchandiser of clothing, posters, etc. bearing his name and image. One of MerchDirect’s founders is Justin Beck of GLASSJAW fame. Check out the article here.

- It’s amazing to think about his company went from being a small storefront in a bland strip mall on Long Island’s south shore, to now having a 40,000 square facility. I remember hanging out a couple of times at the original location and looking at a single shirt press, and wandering my way through densely packed rows of shirts and shipping bins. It’s a great story all the way around.