Snowie,
Good job!!
I had the same happen with my local hobby shop, not just increasing his range of Tamiya paints tho, also increased his range of Tamiya models, and started stocking things like BMF and sheet styrene.
Basically, everything I go in and ask him about, he will start stocking, best is, he admits he is selling to more people because word is getting around that he stocks the stuff.
Feels good to make a difference don't it
Ray