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Meet Kendall McKinley – Master Marketing Coordinator

So what does coordinating marketing really mean?
I work on all marketing related materials and projects. A major focus of mine is trade shows from application to show recap, set-up to breakdown.

What’s the best part about trade shows?
Getting to travel to fun places and meet all the other vendors. I’ve made a lot of good friends with other vendors that I would have never met had I not been at all these trade shows.

Heels or flats when you’re working the trade show floor?
Ohh, toughie. I own more heels than flats but right now I just loving flats. It’s a draw.

Do you have a favorite bag you love to highlight at the trade shows?
My favorite bag is the new Cosmopolitan Carryall in Midnight Blackberry Cake. I love the design of the silhouette. It’s exactly my style and I love the long shoulder straps!

We get a ton of feedback from women who don’t have kids and still use Petunia bags as their go-to purse. Not having kids yourself, what are your tips for how to rock a PPB bag as a non-mom?
The bags rock themselves. They make great purses with all the pockets and ample room. I most recently test wore the Cosmopolitan Carryall for the last trade show and just loved everything about it. The size was perfect, and since it is an actual diaper bag it’s loaded down with pockets galore – a huge plus. I was always able to find my cell phone and my car keys because they each had their very own pocket on the outside of the bag that was easy to access. I also recently discovered that the Boxy Backpack makes a great overnight bag for my puppy when we go out of town.

So the dog has its own PPB bag? Geez, ruff life…..(get it? Ruff?)
Funny. Yes, Mercedes (English Cocker Spaniel) prefers to travel in style with her Trotting in Tiergarten Boxy to carry her necessities. The nature theme is animal-appropriate and the Glazed fabric can stand up to her sharp little nails.

Where did the name Mercedes come from?
She is almost 100% black but with one small circle of white on her chest that looks like the Mercedes car emblem. I personally like to call her “Mercedes Girl” in a high pitched singing tone. She’s so cute! Feel free to post her picture….

Alright…

How about some fill in the blank.

I can make a mean ________ in the kitchen.
Mess…though my tortilla soup is pretty rock’n.

I cannot live without my ___________.
Slip-on tennis shoes! Oh so comfortable and oh so easy to slip right into. Maybe not the most fashionable of shoes but I couldn’t live without them.

My all-time favorite movie is __________.
Zoolander. Hands down. No contest. I do a fierce Blue Steal.

Now if only we had a picture of that…