Mamma’s Market

Mamma’s Market is a high quality boutique style market with a focus on handmade, unique items and services catering to pregnancy, baby, children’s and family needs which launched with over 75 stalls in December 2010.

The market is the combined efforts of Buderim-raised sisters Amy Ruediger and Vanessa Portors after searching to find a suitable market to showcase their own wares.  With 8 children under the age of 12 between them, they know how important it is to have lovely things for home and family that are stylish, practical and affordable and can all be found in a single shopping experience!

The vision for Mamma’s Market was to create a community event that would provide opportunities for work-at-home parents or other “mumpreneurs” as well as other small businesses to showcase their unique products.  They have also developed partnerships with local businesses and charities such as the Cindy MacKenzie Breast Cancer Foundation, Kids on the Coast magazine, Professional Parents, and various other other groups.

Mamma’s Market also has an active presence on the internet and has received an overwhelming response to it’s social media campaigns, particularly through Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest – another testament to the success of this unique market.

A testimonial from a Mamma’s Market stall holder speaks volumes:

I have been a “marketeer”, maker and seller of hand-made clothing and accessories for children and adults, since 2007, and in endeavouring to find the right venues for my product have attended numerous markets as a seller and customer around SE Queensland and northern NSW during the past 5 years.

Working with Amy and Vanessa since their launch of Mamma’s Market at Buderim at the end of 2010 has been an absolute pleasure, and a stand-out experience in so many ways. 

  • Communications with them have always been friendly as well as efficient.
  • Setting up is always a breeze with the girls well organised in advance no matter how early I arrive at the venue. 
  • Stalls are managed so as to provide an attractive and balanced mix of quality hand-made and small run commercial goods.
  • Crowds are invariably busy and enthusiastic, suggesting plenty of publicity arranged for the markets by the girls, from press to Facebook.
  • Nothing ever seems too much trouble for the girls in their efforts to assist both stall-holders and the general public, with both always cheerful, helpful and practical

Each market seems a little different so that what works so well is retained but the girls always seem happy to try new ideas and arrangements as well, with the general feel of each successive market therefore just as fresh as their launch market.

Above all else Amy and Vanessa treat stall-holders, regulars and newbies alike, as partners in their business. At times, in my experience, commercial markets can be run with little respect or regard for stall-holders and this tends to set the tone for those markets, with stall-holders and the public all feeling put off by an exploitative atmosphere. The Mamma’s Market sisters are genuine, responsive and sincere in their dealings with everyone involved in their market and this translates to happy, friendly stall-holders and cheerful customers.“             ~ Stephanie Morris – Wimcee

 

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