Marie's Inspiring Startup Story

With the desire to inherit and develop products of traditional craft villages in Hue, creating Hue-specific products, Ho Thi Suong Lan founded Marie's - Co Bang of Hue, a company specializing in handmade products.

Everything that comes to Lan is both a charm and an effort to explore and discover. She noticed that in Hue, there were businesses making lotus leaf hats and conical hats, but there was no place to make conical hats from eagle grass. With the sharp eyes of a business woman of nearly 20 years, Lan can see the development opportunities of "handmade" products from the grass tree and is determined to find a new direction, bringing the grass to "fly high, fly away". under the Marie's brand.

Marie's focuses on the production and trade of Hue Traditional Crafts. Marie's main products are products made from Eagle grass such as Bags, Hats, Wallets, Hats. Bang Co (one of the rare and precious grasses in the world) previously grew naturally and is now planned and planted in Pho Trach Dem Craft Village, Phong Dien, TT - HUE, a more than 500-year-old craft village.

Established right at the time of Covid, Marie's faced many difficulties. However, thanks to that, the enterprise has had a different orientation for itself from day one to face that challenge and has a development plan and orientation for the further future. Marie's has connected many craft villages, many seamstresses, and famous painters to jointly create products that are in line with market trends and constantly improve product quality. After nearly 2 years, Marie's has a showroom and workshop in Hue City, consuming more than 20,000 products, having nearly 3,500 customers with a revenue of more than VND 3 billion in the first quarter of 2022.

Together with Marie's during the past time, BizCare has supported and worked with businesses to find problems and opportunities, and find future business development directions for product-market fit. With relentless efforts every day, BizCare expects Marie's brand to grow strongly, achieve high revenue and expand the market, and create positive values ​​for the craft village community.

Fanpage: Marie's – Co Bang Xu Hue

Website: Madebymaries.com