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Customer Stories | 5 min read
mars 7, 2024

Get to know these 4 women-founded B Corporations on International Women’s Day

Here’s to all the amazing women who are making a difference and working toward a brighter future! Sendle is honoring International Women’s Day this year by shouting out some truly incredible, intelligent, compassionate, and downright rad ladies who are leading Certified B Corporations today.

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Customer Stories | 4 min read
octobre 4, 2023

Cafe Fabrique turns shipping savings into marketing investment

Cafe Fabrique isn't just about brewing coffee; it's about brewing a sustainable and accessible coffee culture. Sendle’s door-to-door delivery helps caffeine connoisseurs ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
juin 21, 2023

Sip, Savor, and Glow: When a sommelier and chef join forces, beauty business blooms

Kathy and Angela are a mother-daughter duo debunking two myths with Sendle. Number one: beauty is painful and pricey. And number two: premium shipping can't be cost-effective.
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
juin 15, 2023

Summit Apparel: Small business, simple solutions, and overcomplicating is overrated

The world is full of trailblazers and game-changers embracing simplicity. Think of Steve Jobs’s user-friendly products, Warren Buffet's two-step secret to success, and Albert ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
avril 10, 2023

Wanderruff: The dog accessories helping you reduce your carbon pawprint

Wanderruff is a Canadian design-forward dog accessories brand made from recycled materials. Now your dog can look good and reduce their carbon pawprint.
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
mars 29, 2023

Pre-loved Prada saving the planet thanks to Vestiaire Collective

Beneath the glamorous facade of fashion lies a troubling reality. In an industry that has long been tainted by inefficient supply chains, unnecessary waste, counterfeiting, ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
mars 8, 2023

She Goes Beyond: meet the women behind these inspiring B Corps

It’s B Corp Month and International Women’s Day! To celebrate, we’ve profiled a group of strong, intelligent, empathetic, courageous and inspiring leading ladies making a ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
février 1, 2023

Valentine’s gift ideas for the haters and the lovers

It’s that time of year again. The time of the lipstick-red roses and heart-shaped boxes of mystery chocolates. The time of biting one’s lip in the greeting card aisle and ...
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
novembre 10, 2022

Conscious consumerism with Green Friday, Seed & Sprout and Sendle

Green Friday is on a mission to disrupt retail consumerism; an alternative to the bargain-seeking, mindless-consumerism of pre-Christmas shopping events like Black Friday and ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
novembre 2, 2022

The secret to a successful peak? Nurture your existing customers

Canadian Rennie Wood became a business owner…by accident. When he first became a dad, Rennie had the opportunity to take a long paternity leave and started selling some of ...
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Customer Stories | 11 min read
août 15, 2022

Don’t forget Dad! Father’s Day gifts for 2022, shipped sustainably

It’s almost Father’s Day in Australia, which means it’s time to buy something for the man who has everything. Or at least everything he wants. Don’t give up! Surprise him ...
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Customer Stories | 10 min read
mai 26, 2022

Shopping for your small business? Start with fellow Sendlers

Small business owners have a lot on their plate. There’s always too much to do in too little time. Your business is your baby, and you’ve poured your heart and soul into big ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
mai 18, 2022

Behind the Brand: Ms. Brown

Not too long ago the “natural” label on a beauty product might have made us question whether it actually works. This was around the time when the “environmentally conscious ...
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
avril 12, 2022

Behind the Brand: The Connect Deck

Raising a young family while running a small business is no walk in the park. Walking the line between motherhood and entrepreneurship is a fine one and often can feel like ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
mars 29, 2022

Good Day People: Delivering good days since 2020

Every cloud has a silver lining and every sweet has its sour…, and you have the start-up story of Good Day People perfectly summed up. In 2020, Sydney couple Jacob Leung and ...
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
mars 23, 2022

Behind the Brand: Helena Rose

Meet the Queensland florist that makes fancy flesh flower bouquets...then works her magic to transform them into dainty dried flower ensembles. Helena Rose is a minimal waste ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
mars 10, 2022

Behind the Brand: Rumbie & Co

Rumbie & Co is on a mission to impact one million curly haired people by 2025. Through education and care, the Sydney-based salon wants to change how women treat, ...
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
février 28, 2022

Behind the Brand: The Honest Jones

The Honest Jones is an independent creative studio that specializes in short brand films for fellow small businesses. Co-Founder Amanda Jones ships her self-published book ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
février 23, 2022

Behind the Brand: Oleu Life

The sense of smell is a powerful and curious one, closely linked to memory and emotion. Oleu Life created their product line to help people connect with their own minds and ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
février 15, 2022

Behind the Brand: Little Farm Plot

Little Farm Plot was founded by Serena McCoy to share the joy of growing food with everyone, selling sustainable garden labels and grow tips for backyard gardeners. ...
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Customer Experience | 6 min read
février 9, 2022

Pet accessories your pets will love and where to get them

Sendle is a pet-loving shipping company that’s reminding you to mark your calendars, charge up your camera, and nip down to your local pet store, because it’s almost Love ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
février 2, 2022

Black History Month: Celebrating Black-owned businesses and Sendlers

February is Black History Month in the United States. This month celebrates Black accomplishments, heritage, and culture as well as being a splendid time to educate ourselves ...
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
janvier 12, 2022

The secret to tasty produce from your own garden? Composting at home.

Ever thought about composting at home? Not just saving up food and yard waste for the city council to collect, but creating your own natural, nutrient-rich fertilizer to keep ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
janvier 9, 2022

Sendle’s 2021 brand campaign: Delivering for small business

While the global circumstances that drove the eCommerce boom in 2021 weren’t entirely pleasant, it’s been wonderful to see the small business community adapt and thrive. With ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
août 20, 2021

The Melbourne potter challenging mass production with objects that are fun and functional

During the pandemic, many of us have relied on home decor to enrich our daily routines and spruce up our work from home spaces.
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Customer Stories | 16 min read
mai 25, 2021

The best small businesses around the world, according to Sendlers

It feels great to buy from small businesses. These humble and eminently human sellers are the true lifeblood of our local economies, recirculating their incomes back into the ...
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Customer Stories | 25 min read
mai 10, 2021

Hey Sendler, S2, E2: A masterclass in balancing your 9 to 5 with your side hustle

For episode two of our second season, we’re talking about skin. Specifically, how to make your skin silky soft and healthy. To help us, we had on Ashley Cummings of Natural ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
mars 9, 2021

Sendler advice corner: Tips on how to start your small business

Knowing exactly what to do when starting a new business is hard—some might say impossible. You try to check all the boxes, listen to the right people, recheck all the boxes, ...
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Customer Stories | 33 min read
mars 3, 2021

Hey Sendler, Ep 8: Spinning sustainable yarns with knitwear brand SSKEIN

For our last episode of 2020, Jenn had on Elisa Yip of the knitwear brand SSKEIN. Utilizing the sustainable fur of the noble alpaca, she has been able to create a longer ...
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Customer Experience | 11 min read
février 25, 2021

20 Women-owned small businesses that you really gotta check out

We buy things all the time, as the need or want arises and are guided by our reserves of disposable income. But, where we are directing these funds is what really matters. ...
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