Category: Merchant Stories
Anthony, Pastreez: A New Business Taking The Time To Get Things Right
Anthony and Yami run Pastreez, an online macaron store, selling handmade French macarons in California and all over the US. Growing from strength to strength, they are shortly launching a...
Jen, Cheese etc: Approachability Turns A Struggling Business Around
Jen and Ali own Cheese Etc, a small cheese shop just outside of Reading, 50 miles west of London – a local hub for their community. Before they bought Cheese...
Paul, Tea Traders: Uniting Passions to Support the Community
Tea Traders are a specialist tea shop set up in 2017 by Paul and his partner, Nick, in Carmarthen, Wales. They are all about trying to engage people with different...
Hellen, Small Stuff: Building a Shop for Products with a Future
Hellen started Small Stuff in 2016 to sell ethical children’s products in Sheffield, UK. Small Stuff was built on her belief that we need to start minimizing overconsumption and to...
Charlotte, Raffia Store: Through Grief to a Reignited Business Passion
Charlotte never thought about owning a business when she opened Raffia Store in her early twenties. But when she nearly lost her business, she knew: this was her calling. Nearly...
David, Aquarian Pearls: Five Generation Business Adapts with the Times
David was born in London into a fifth-generation pearl trading family that had a reputation spanning the South Ocean, Australia, and the UK. He evolved the family trade with the...
Jody, Elsom Cellars: a winery built with passion
Jody loved wine but had never really considered it as a career choice. So, before starting Seattle based Elsom Cellars, she built herself a successful career in the construction industry....
Bao Cyprus: A mission to bring cosmo-London to Nicosia
Andreas and Katerina Pyrishi missed London so much they decided to recreate their favourite restaurant in Nicosia, Cyprus. Here is the Merchant Story of Bao Cyprus A cosmopolitan city like...
Bringing Sambal to Sheffield: Mak Tok’s successes in the UK
A saucy story – William Chew’s journey to starting Mak Tok in Sheffield with the ultimate goal of taking care of his family financially, took him through The Dragons’ Den...
Moving Beans Coffee: Three Individuals’ Quest To Make Your Morning Coffee Even More Eco-Friendly
Single-use coffee pods and capsule coffee machines have revolutionized the way we consume coffee. But with them, an exorbitant amount of waste is generated every year. At Moving Beans Coffee,...
