{"id":50952,"date":"2017-10-10T11:28:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=50952"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:28:58","slug":"product-business-of-the-year-2017-meet-the-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/product-business-of-the-year-2017-meet-the-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Business of the Year 2017: Meet the finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Bloom &amp; Wild<\/h3>\n<p>Designed with time poor romantics in mind, London-based Bloom &amp; Wild&rsquo;s innovative packaging allows for bouquets of flowers to be sent through letterboxes &ndash; without being damaging a single petal. Truly bringing the florist industry into the 21st Century, Bloom &amp; Wild was the first UK flower brand to offer ApplePay upon launch, and says the process of placing an order via its website and app takes &ldquo;less than one minute&rdquo;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-bloom-wild\/\">View the full profile here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Craft Clubs<\/h3>\n<p>The start-up behind the UK&rsquo;s number one gin subscription box service Craft Gin Club, London-based&nbsp;Craft Club&nbsp;specialises in &lsquo;surprise&rsquo; gin boxes which feature a special bottle of craft gin alongside gourmet snacks and a 36-page glossy magazine. Proof that the popularity of mother&rsquo;s ruin shows no sign of stopping anytime soon,&nbsp;its customer base has swelled to some 27,000 active club members with 160,000 boxes shipped, and a community of more than 155,00 newsletter subscribers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-craft-clubs\/\">View the full profile here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Duke &amp; Dexter<\/h3>\n<p>Worn by the likes of&nbsp;Ryan Reynolds, Jose Mourinho and Eddie Redmayne,&nbsp;footwear brand Duke &amp; Dexter specialises&nbsp;in premium slip-on shoes for men. Launched in 2014 by Archie Hewlett and handcrafted in England, Duke &amp; Dexters are currently sold in&nbsp;over 120 countries worldwide with stockists including Liberty&rsquo;s, Selfridge&rsquo;s, Fenwick, Harvey Nichol&rsquo;s and Harrods. Recently opening a flagship store in Covent Garden, founder Hewlett was recently named a <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/archie-hewlett-duke-dexter\/\">Young Gun<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-duke-dexter\/\">View the full profile here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>EatFirst<\/h3>\n<p>Founded by Rahul Parekh in 2014, EatFirst was born out of the entrepreneurs own frustrations with poor takeaway food in the city. Partnering with award-winning chef&nbsp;Ben Hodges, the online restaurant&nbsp;creates healthy, quality meals for delivery for the time-poor yet health conscience.&nbsp;Available from 11am to 10pm seven days a week,&nbsp;EatFirst now offers over 100 different dishes and has delivered more than 300,00 meals to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-eatfirst\/\">View the full profile here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>EnviroBuild<\/h3>\n<p>A&nbsp; &lsquo;green builders&rsquo; merchant, Envirobuild&nbsp;supplies construction companies with environmentally friendly building materials via its online platform. Founded by&nbsp;James Brueton and Dr Aidan Bell,&nbsp;80% of products sold by the duo, including packaging, come from recycled woods and plastics, which can be recycled and reused again.&nbsp;Eyeing international expansion in the not-so-distant future, the two-year-old start-up is already looking to double its headcount in the coming months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-envirobuild\/\">View the full profile here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Love the Sales<\/h3>\n<p>Helping shoppers find the best bargains for the best brands,&nbsp;Love the Sales is an&nbsp;e-commerce aggregator that curates discounted items from its network of&nbsp;over 730 retailers such as Michael Kors, House of Fraser, John Lewis and ASOS. Taking a slice of commission off each sale made via its platform, the fashtech start-up is already looking to expand beyond the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-love-the-sales\/\">View the full profile here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Moteefe<\/h3>\n<p>Launched in 2015 by founding trio Mathijs Eefting, Olivier Stapylton-Smith and Lev Kundin, Moteefe helps&nbsp;fashion entrepreneurs and designers sell their creations online by taking care of all the necessaries such as&nbsp;payment&nbsp; processing, production and shipping. Already having a headcount of&nbsp;37 across three offices, the start-up has been backed by &pound;3m worth of investment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2017-moteefe\/\">View the full profile here.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Trouva<\/h3>\n<p>Helping small shops up and down the UK&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;not only survive, but thrive&rdquo;, Trouva helps&nbsp;brick and mortar retailers with everything they need to be able to sell their stock online. 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