This weeks featured blog post is from Euodia Roets, the artist, illustrator and designer for Touchee Feelee - A South African home ware & pamper boutique.
"We all live in a world of mass production where the touch of a hand has value. I have no interest in mass production, but rather take pride in creating tactile pieces. My art and products have been sold across South Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Canada and the US." - Euodia Roets
Euodia Roets was approached by Woolworths to feature her products in their new artisan range and while this kind of approach is nearly every business owners dream, for Euodia it was a living nightmare.
It is never okay to treat anyone badly in business but for such a huge name in South Africa, their behavior was just disgusting... some of you may have heard of this kind of thing happening with Woolworths but it was a first for us.
We think it is only fair that because they have such a 'great' name in SA retail, (what we thought in any case) people need to know that this is how they are treating the you's and the me's running our own businesses, trying to make a living.
They should really be ashamed of themselves....
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