How do the 3R’s influence your business (reduce, re-use, recycle)? Reduce that’s the important one, and since we are a small start up business we are very frugal in everything we do, we have to be, and as we continue to grow I don’t see this changing its something we are used to and fits our brand & ethos. We make no mistake though, we sell goods, but the world also needs trade and people love to create, hopefully we can play a part in encouraging people to buy better goods, quality over quantity! To fill our store with goods of character that one will cherish and will endure is our company mission and it’s a goal we will always be working towards along with working with brands that do the same. At the heart of our business is delivering goods to people and to achieve this we re-use the cardboard & packaging we receive to package items for safe delivery. It does take a little longer, but it
gives the boxes another life. So if your items come in random worn box now you know why, perhaps you could even find a third use for it. We recycle everything we know how to, which along with the normal paper & plastic includes trips to the sallys, e-waste depot and safe disposal of batteries. It probably does not influence us, it’s just become the norm. Does being an online business based in New Zealand have any advantages or disadvantages? We compete with the rest of the world for our customers and some of those competitors are huge, we may not always be able to match their