New Margaret Market in Queenstown supports local small businesses and first-time vendors

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When she was a psychology student at the University of Melbourne, Ms Vernetta Fong would frequent farmers’ markets and cafes, dreaming of the day she would open a cafe of her own. Her dream came true last month when she opened a small cafe at the new Margaret Market in...

Relocated trades are offered a subsidised rate to set up shop and resume business at the market.Though grateful for the opportunity to run his business again, its owner and TCM physician Chee Kim Boon said business has not been as good, as some customers are unable to locate the store, and he has to rebuild relationships with new ones.

Fung Onn Medical Store owner Chee Kim Boon said business has not been as good as when it was located at Tanglin Halt, though he is grateful to run his business again.Mr Johnson Ong of The Homme Baker is more optimistic, saying business has been good since the cafe’s opening a few weeks ago, with many young families from the new Build-To-Order flats nearby coming to buy its cakes.

“Customers were asking us when we will have our physical store. Working out of home is not ideal; we really wanted to reach out and produce quantities,” said Mr Ong, who also runs a digital marketing agency. “We already developed a brand and kind of had a following already. So this was the next logical step.

Having new local brands at Margaret Market will give them a leg-up in terms of rental, market traction and access to a densely populated area, she added.

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