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One-stop shop for green goods

Monday, June 1st, 2009

The Province

Name: Alison Ferguson  and Meaghan Relkie.

Business: Every Little Bit Eco-Shop, Port Moody, BC

Contact: 604-936-7249 www.everylittlebitgreen.com

Number of employees:
Two.

Time in business: One year.

What is your business?
We offer a general-purpose online store featuring green products for everyday needs. We have a variety of environmentally friendly products for use in the home, and provide research and a rating on our items.

How did you get started?
Meaghan and I met through a volunteer organization and began talking about the difficulties in finding environmentally friendly products. A lot of stores are focused on only one area, such as baby products, and sometimes it’s difficult to find the green alternatives at the stores — I couldn’t find glass baby bottles for two months. We thought we could offer a one-stop shop for green products and the Every Little Bit emerged.

What kinds of things do you sell?
We don’t carry foods, but we do sell things such as bottles, bowls, toothpaste, cards, cleaning products. We have about 300 products listed and we provide ratings to show how green they are . We also do our best to research each supplier to find out how the products are made.

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Green Clean & Full of Glee

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Coquitlam Families Now
Local Moms Embrace Environmental Movement for At Home Enterprises

By Jennifer McFee (Coquitlam Now)

Families Now

Mom of the Month – Alison Ferguson

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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Alison Ferguson
Co-founder & President, Every Little Bit Eco-Shop Ltd.

My name is Alison Ferguson and I’m thrilled to be the “Mom of the Month”.  Sometimes, however, it feels more like I’m “Mom of the Minute” – I think sustained excellence as a “mommy” is really hard work.

Don’t get me wrong; I love what I’m doing – I just thought it would come more “naturally” to me.  When I first had Amy I found it difficult to not compare myself to those yummy mummies with perky pony tails, a Starbucks in one hand, their uber-stroller in the other hand and their lovely quiet babies gurgling back at them, with the manuscript of their almost-complete children’s novel peeking out of their Prada bag. My little “demon baby”, as we called Amy then – due to the colic our paediatrician said was the worst she had seen in her 15 years of practice – did not simply have “witching hours”, she had “witching weeks”; if she was awake, she was screaming – not gentle baby cries, but rather head popping off –window shattering wails of agony.  Nope, nothing too “natural” about the baby gig for Paul & I.

Amy is 4 now.   She is a lovely and still spirited little girl.  And despite the clinical post partum depression that came with her birth, we crazily decided to do it again.  Kieran is now 20 months, and like Amy, she too was quite the rager at the beginning.  Paul & I frequently had to console ourselves with the paediatrician’s advice “well folks…all the studies indicate that colicky kids are extremely intelligent”.  Alright!  We have cranky mensa babies!

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Buying (& selling) every little bit green

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The Tri-City TNews – Diane Strandberg

Business profile: Every Little bit in Port Moody

Green consumerism is the new ethic as homeowners look for ways to stretch a dollar without bringing harmful chemicals and wasteful products into their homes.

But consumers come in varying shades of green: There’s the lime green shopper who sees the trend but isn’t about to make over their entire lifestyle to save a tree and then there’s the forest green consumer who makes every purchase count toward a greener world.

Most people fit somewhere in the middle.  They want to buy green products but don’t know where to look or they are so confused by competing claims they throw up their hands in frustration. “You go into a grocery store and you look at the wall of cleaners and there’s no discretion at all,” agrees Meaghan Relkie.

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News Release – Every Little Bit introduces new one stop shop for eco-friendly products

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

 Every Little Bit

For Immediate Release

Every Little Bit introduces new one-stop shop for eco-friendly products

Every Little Bit Eco-Shop announces launch of www.everylittlebitgreen.com, an online source for everyday products, conveniently green.

Port Moody, BC, Canada, November 30, 2008 –  Every Little Bit , a new online store featuring everyday-use, eco-friendly products, opened its e-doors this morning.  With a wide variety of eco-friendly products, ranging from personal care items to organic cotton clothing to household necessities and toys, Every Little Bit carries a blend of sustainably made, yet stylish products.   Founded by Alison Ferguson and Meaghan Relkie, the company offers customers a stress-free shopping environment, including detailed product descriptions and a specific product eco-rating for each product, to help consumers with their “green IQ”.   The company was formed to specifically help the more mainstream consumer start shopping “green” without experiencing a significant increase in price, or sacrificing style. 

 The website www.everylittlebitgreen.com went live this morning to positive customer reviews.  Clare Adams of Port Coquitlam remarked “I’ve been trying more eco-friendly products over the last year, but I’ve got to admit, up to now, most of the sites I’ve been to have been a little too “granola” for me.  I like the variety of products at Every Little Bit, the ease of site navigation and the education available, from the general articles, to the wealth of product information and eco-ratings”.  Andrea Davy of Prince George agrees  “I like the notion of “every little bit”, that small choices can make a difference.  It doesn’t need to be all or nothing.”

Vice-President of Product Strategy for Every Little Bit, Meaghan Relkie commented “It was getting increasingly hard to find eco-friendly products without ordering from the US or from multiple sites,  or drive across town to find special products.”  Demand for eco-friendly products continues to rise, according to Mintel Research, with certain segments, like ethical personal care, experiencing astronomical growth (5.2B in 2007 in the US).   “People are interested in making healthy choices for their families, yet its got to be easy and convenient to make those choices.  There’s not a lot of general purpose stores out there offering eco-friendly products for a whole family’s needs, so that’s how Every Little Bit emerged” said Relkie. “We conducted numerous focus groups leading up to the launch, ensuring our product mix would meet our target market needs.  And judging by the traffic and sales so far, we’re on the right track.” 

About Every Little Bit
Every Little Bit is an online store offering everyday products that are conveniently green.  The store offers eco-friendly products in the following categories: Baby, Bags, Bedding & Bath, Cleaning, Personal Care, Household Necessities, Fashion & Jewellery, Stationery & Cards and Toys.  Online customer service is available 24/7 and the store ships throughout North America.  Visit www.everylittlebitgreen.com for more information.

Contact Information
Every Little Bit Eco-Shop
340-255 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC, V3H 5H1
(604) 936-7249.
www.everylittlebitgreen.com 

Alison Ferguson (alison@everylittlebitgreen.com)

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