He had read in Entrepreneur Magazine about one-hour photo processing equipment and wisely figured St. Thomas as great place to offer such a service. A major obstacle, however was financing. He had been approved for an SBA loan, but was required to match the loan amount. He reluctantly took on a partner. Two years later he and his father who came in and worked with Marc until the elder Blazar passed on last January, bought the partner out.
Today there are three divisions of the business with a fourth about to begin.
The second is the wholesale division. Blazar is the exclusive distributor of Kodak products in the Virgin Islands, and maintains a warehouse on St. Thomas and one on St. Croix. Wholesale is an area that continues to grow, and he credits himself with the 99 percent saturation Kodak has reached in the Virgin islands. The third is the photographic division which accounts for 25 percent of gross sales and also has a continuing growth pattern. The company has a staff of photographers and videographers who take aerial, commercial, and personal photographs and videos, including the approximately 600 weddings they shoot each year.