It's little wonder when stock, childcare, day-to-day household items and pretty much anything you can think of (except food and drink) are readily available online.Another observation over recent years has been that local brands are closing the gap with global competitors, due to their ability to adapt to market trends and local tastes.While many people like to romanticize and sometimes exaggerate the 'bootstrap ideology' of self-made billionaires building the foundations of business empires in their garages, some companies do have genuinely humble and surprising beginnings, and they are really interesting to see!
