Jack Barrett - Selling Anything and Everything

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Jack Barrett is from rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Jack was raised in his parent’s business, Barrett’s General Store, where they sold anything and everything. No item was ever too much of a challenge for his parents to find, import if necessary, and make available to their customers and clients near and far. This “can-do, can-get, can-sell-anything attitude” was impressed upon Jack from an early age. In fifth grade, he came home one day from school and found that his bed was gone. Jack’s mother had sold the bed to one of their customers earlier that day. This attitude of taking on any challenge, small or great, served Jack as a foundation throughout his career with the Canadian Armed Forces (Royal Canadian Navy) and is now at the core of how he treats his own clients as the owner of Fully Promoted in Halifax.
Jack spent 33 years with the Royal Canadian Navy serving as a communications operator and electronics technician with the final 19 years as a Navy Chaplain. Jack and his wife Christina met onboard a Navy Destroyer in 1990 as they were preparing for the Persian Gulf war when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Christina retired after 20 years with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Jet Engine Technician and has since devoted her time to raising their 2 sons, Alexander and Aaron.
After moving around Canada as a Navy Chaplain, in 2018, Jack retired from the military and Christina decided Nova Scotia would become their permanent home. We immediately set about building our ‘forever home’ in Glen Haven which they designed and Jack became the project manager and general contractor for the build.
On completion of their home, Jack immediately jumped into the business world by purchasing a franchise called Fully Promoted. Again, Jack did not shy away from the unknown with this challenge and he set himself a lofty goal. Not only to start a new business with no name recognition, but to expand the business with an expansion of some description every year with g the first business opening during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020. Jack is on track to expand in 2021 with the purchase of another franchise territory and opening a full production facility which will service both locations and others in the industry as well. Of course, Jack has surrounded himself with a stellar team in which their youngest son, Aaron, is the supply, production and procurement manager for Fully Promoted.
In Jack’s spare time, he likes to motorcycle with Aaron and sail his 38-foot sailing yacht single-handedly out of St. Margarets Sailing Club in St. Margaret’s Bay.
Jack already has 2 ventures, beyond “Fully Promoted'', on the drawing board for his “next” retirement projects.

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