{"id":8126,"date":"2015-12-28T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.gopopup.com\/?post_type=magazine-entry&amp;p=8126"},"modified":"2015-12-28T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T13:20:24","slug":"sugartrends-local-shopping-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/sugartrends-local-shopping-goes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"SugarTrends &#8211; Local Shopping Goes Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;\">by Katja Feldmeier<\/p>\n<p>Remember that small boutique store near Camden Market that you discovered on your trip to London? Maybe you wish you could take the next plane to Copenhagen, just to get another box of those sweet and chewy fleur de sel caramels from an artisanal sweets shop in a side alley. What if we told you that soon those things will be easier than ever? Tim Lagerpusch and Christian Schwarzkopf, the founders of the startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugartrends.com\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SugarTrends<\/a>, set out on a mission to create an online platform for small local shops and boutiques from all over the world, giving them greater exposure to customers and building up their online shops. The aim is to create the world&#8217;s largest local shopping network.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"text-center\">\n<a style=\"text-decoration:none;padding-left:30px;padding-right:30px;\" href=\"\/en\/spaces\/search\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg bg-turquoise\">Discover Spaces<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In our Q&amp;A Tim answers some of our questions about SugarTrends, the future of online retail and currently trending products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim, how did you and Christian come up with the idea to start SugarTrends?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhenever Christian and I traveled to other cities, we loved to go through the small streets, neighborhoods and to discover special shops. This is much more intrigueing than always looking at the same chain stores, you would find on every high street.\u00a0We noticed that for these local and independent shops it is quite hard to be clearly visible and to compete with the big chains and online retailers. \u00a0We decided to focus on these small stores, the sugar pearls of local shops, that are unique, extraordinary and at the same time reflective of local trends.\u00a0We offer these shops a modern online store, where they can showcase their best products. Currently, we have 190 stores in 23 different countries in our network. Surfing through SugarTrends is like a little trip around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds like a great deal for the shops. What&#8217;s new for the shopper?<br \/>\n<\/strong>As a customer you can \u00a0shop at small local shops around the clock, independent of location and time difference. You can also request the products or pick them up at any store. One can also find unique and wonderful gifts and let them be shipped to the recipient or send it to the store to surprise someone who picks it up as a gift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you scout the shops for your platform?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have so called \u201ctrendhunters\u201d that go through streets and look for special stores. We brief them beforehand, so they know which kind of stores we are looking for. In addition, stores apply for our platform and we also receive a lot of recommendations from customers through\u00a0email\u00a0or live-chat. So if \u00a0anyone knows a good store, we are open to recommendations and look at every recommendation in detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0What are the 3 most popular products on SugarTrends at the moment?<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. The\u00a0St. Erhard Beer\u00a0from St. ERHARD in Bamberg is on of the bestsellers of our male customers. We also use this beer for Team Events and are also big fans of the great taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sugartrends.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8135\" src=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sugartrends.png\" alt=\"sugartrends\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sugartrends.png 1200w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sugartrends-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sugartrends-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>2.\u00a0The Design Letter Cups from Wei\u00dfglut in Munich are awesome if you need a cool gift or nice cups for your home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/designlettercups2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8138\" src=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/designlettercups2.png\" alt=\"designlettercups2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/designlettercups2.png 1280w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/designlettercups2-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/designlettercups2-1024x673.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. The\u00a0Kampot\u00a0Pepper\u00a0from Hennes Finest is from Kabodscha is the best pepper we have ever tried and our\u00a0sales numbers of the pepper tell the same. Its fair traded and we know the store owners that produce the pepper so that we can faithfully recommend this pepper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8130\" src=\"http:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet.jpg\" alt=\"Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kampot-Pfeffer-Etui_HennesFinest-bearbeitet-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Thank you Tim and SugarTrends for sharing your insights with us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.: \u00a0If you want to be part of SugarTrend&#8217;s success, they are currently running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugartrends.com\/de\/innovestment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> through which you can still invest until the 31.01.16.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Channels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugartrends.com\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sugartrends.com\/de\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sugartrends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sugartrends\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find us<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopopup.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">gopopup.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoPopUp\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook.com\/gopopup<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gopopupcom\" rel=\"noopener\">@gopopupcom<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/gopopup\/\" rel=\"noopener\">#gopopup<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Katja Feldmeier Remember that small boutique store near Camden Market that you discovered on your trip to London? Maybe you wish you could take the next plane to Copenhagen, just to get another box of those sweet and chewy fleur de sel caramels from an artisanal sweets shop in a side alley. What if we told you that soon those things will be easier than ever? Tim Lagerpusch and Christian Schwarzkopf, the founders of the startup SugarTrends, set out on a mission to create an online platform for small local shops and boutiques from all over the world, giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazinetest.atomic4dev.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}