Merchant Stories: Real stories from real people – successes and struggles from the small business owner. Here’s Inez from Kittea, and how a sketch turned into thriving eCommerce business. We’ll let the story do the telling. Inez was on the path to success Life was going well for Inez. Inez was on the path to…
Singapore is home to a plethora of ice cream joints. From Udders to Creamier to The Daily Scoop, many of these cafes are well-loved and well-established – and even homemade ice cream is not so rare any more. So how can new brands or family businesses stand out against the big names and achieve success?…
Stepping into d’Good Cafe’s flagship shophouse at Holland Village, this is one of the first things you’ll see: A wall of words, detailing the inception of this humble establishment, which started as “a calling from God”. Founded by Mike Chin, an exceptionally spiritual man who took to the mountains to pray before embarking on this gastronomical…
Big, bold and beautiful. It’s not just how the gourmet sandwiches are like at Park Bench Deli, but the story of the founders hwo went looking for trouble and founded a distinctive F&B brand” Parl Bench Deli Focusing On The Founders’ Individualities Opened in July 2015 by Aamir Ghani, Andrei Soen and Ming Tan, the…
What are Merchant Stories? Merchant Stories: Real entrepreneur stories from real people and why they started their small business. Successes, failures and struggles from the small business owners. We’ll let the story do the telling. Here’s Joel from Mission Juice, and his tale of setting up a food business in Singapore. Leaving the Comfort Zone…
Eddy Chan, the co-founder of Selfie Coffee, is a meek, soft-spoken and humble man. He’s not the most visibly outgoing person, but is nevertheless all about the people. Although his expertise lies in the tech department, he’s often found behind the cash register, serving customers with a smile and a mission to make them “feel…
Storefront signages & restaurant signs come in a diversity of shapes and designs. Acrylic signs, wooden signs, metal signs, hanging boards, hand-painted signs, lightbox signs, neon signs, 3D signs… The list is endless. Often the first thing that people notice, restaurant signs inform the first impression a visitor makes about a new joint, even before…
How do you find out how well your restaurant is doing? Some hands-on owners swear by being on the ground to oversee the day-to-day operations. Others simply have no time for that. This is where online user-generated restaurant reviews are useful. Like voluntary quality reports that come straight from the horse’s mouth, these reviews help…