Sixth annual ‘Creole in the Streets’ expo yields satisfactory turn-out

Cletus Joseph, Executive Director of NDFD

A number of small and micro business clients were given the opportunity to showcase their products at the 6th Annual ‘Creole in the Streets’ exposition held on Great Marlborough Street in Roseau on Friday.

The event showcased clients in the field of catering services, food and beverages, vendors of plants, soap, and other natural and handmade products, as well as seamstresses, to name a few. Essentially it is a marketing event where clients seek not just sales, but also receive feedback in order to shape promotion and secure orders.

“We typically hold it around this time, during the Creole Independence season,” Executive Director of the National Development Foundation of Dominica (NDFD), Cletus Joseph, told Dominica News Online (DNO) during an interview. “It’s a period of time when there are many people visiting, so we try to capitalize on this in order to use it as an avenue to penetrate the overseas market through our returning Dominicans.”

He continued, “They can…purchase some of the things they grew up with, for example, castor oils, coconut oil, natural soaps to take back with them.”

Joseph, who was very satisfied with the turnout, encouraged Dominicans and visitors to support locals.

The first-ever ‘Creole in the Streets’ event was hosted in 2014.

 

Copyright 2012 Dominica News Online, DURAVISION INC. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or distributed.

Disclaimer: The comments posted do not necessarily reflect the views of DominicaNewsOnline.com and its parent company or any individual staff member. All comments are posted subject to approval by DominicaNewsOnline.com. We never censor based on political or ideological points of view, but we do try to maintain a sensible balance between free speech and responsible moderating.

We will delete comments that:

  • contain any material which violates or infringes the rights of any person, are defamatory or harassing or are purely ad hominem attacks
  • a reasonable person would consider abusive or profane
  • contain material which violates or encourages others to violate any applicable law
  • promote prejudice or prejudicial hatred of any kind
  • refer to people arrested or charged with a crime as though they had been found guilty
  • contain links to "chain letters", pornographic or obscene movies or graphic images
  • are off-topic and/or excessively long

See our full comment/user policy/agreement.

Post a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

:) :-D :wink: :( 8-O :lol: :-| :cry: 8) :-? :-P :-x :?: :oops: :twisted: :mrgreen: more »

 characters available