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About Us

Forced from the construction and design industry in the early 90’s due to economic conditions, Joshua Bate took a position with a company that had just opened its first retail outlet in the northeast, Home Depot. It was a great opportunity to acquire buying skills and broad-based product knowledge, and, it appeared to provide excellent career potential as the company was such a fast rising star in the retail “Home Improvement” market.

Having previously been happily self-employed, Josh found working in this fast-expanding, predatory retail corporate environment extremely trying. His entrepreneurial spirit sought a niche that might get him back working for himself again.

After assisting a Bermudian in early 1992, Josh was surprised when, a week later, another Bermudian and his young family came asking for him. He was amazed that this family had heard of him personally, flown to Newark, stayed at the Marriott, rented a car, and driven 25 miles to have him, personally, take care of their purchasing needs.

Josh soon realized that Bermuda residents looking for appliances and building materials were not getting the best deals available when purchasing through existing local retailers. After learning more about Bermuda's families, and their shopping limitations, he began to make contacts, and right as he started, Home Depot told him to stop. He started Joshua Bate Trading from his kitchen table in New Jersey shortly thereafter. Seen as a renegade by some, the company quietly, largely by word of mouth, grew. We gained a reputation for being able to source just about any major purchase at very fair and favourable terms.

Our Bermuda showroom/office:

A decade after relocating from a small corner of a space in the Washington Mall, moving through two Devonshire locations, we proudly returned to Hamilton in 2010. Our showroom and office, Bate's*, is locally staffed and is the island's authorized GE distributor, located on the ground floor the new SE Pearman Building on Par-la-Ville Road. We have come from renegade, to a level of legitimacy, in under 20 years. Worry not, we can still get you just about anything.

US Operations:

No longer at the kitchen table in New Jersey, our US office is located on the bank of the Kennebec River, in Phippsburg Maine. Your goods are purchased by our US office.

All of the Joshua Bate Trading Bermuda Ltd. team works hard to provide not only exceptional value to their Bermudian customers, but also unbeatable customer service. Our team believes in treating our customers in the same way we want to be treated - with respect, fairness, and kindness.

Having saved Bermudians millions of dollars, 2012 marks our 20th year of providing Bermuda alternative solutions to importing a vast variety of goods. We hope your experience doing business with us is worthy of sharing with your family and friends.

*Bate's, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Joshua Bate Trading Bermuda, Ltd.