Agriculture Business Week

Entrepreneur Rene Fuentes spearheads a new kind of flower revolution by way of online advertising and innovative door-to-door delivery.

Flowers Express, the first of its kind to innovate door-to-door delivery of quality flowers without service charge, is bullish that Baguio City, which is billed as the flower capital of the Philippines, would support its growing market.

Owned and operated by eLBC Direct Inc., a Philippine corporation engaged in the business of providing a market portal for Philippine products and services for sale to consumers in the US and the rest of the world, Flowers Express presently sources its blooms from local growers of Bukidnon and Tagaytay.
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 under Entrepreneurs, Ornamental. Tags: Entrepreneurs, Flowers. Comments: None

Candles have gone a long way - from a mere lighting device during the medieval times, they are now a basic part of home design and ornament of the good life.

Leah Puyat (Leah pronounced as Li-ya, like in the bible), one of the managing partners of Cereo, first-rate retailers of one-of-a-kind candles and scents is a walking vogue statement. “I come from a background of fashion and lifestyle magazines, that’s why I have a strong fashion background,” she said, thus the candles modishly displayed in their Glorietta shop, which all look stunning and stylish even if they were all just silently shelved.

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Posted on August 4th, 2008 under SPOTlight. Tags: Candles. Comments: None