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Making a Post Office Profitable, For the First Time

May 2, 2016

Making a Post Office Profitable, For the First Time

The small, yet booming post office of Oued Ifrane, Morocco. About 400 meters up the road from the Association Nahda's workshop is a small, aging …

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April's Featured Artisan Group!

April 12, 2016

April's Featured Artisan Group!

The members of Association Nahda pose with a newly woven boucherouite rug in front of their new workshop. We're excited to announce our first ever …

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Shipping From Rural Morocco to Any Country in 5 Days

March 16, 2016

Shipping From Rural Morocco to Any Country in 5 Days

Last October, we were excited to announce that all shipments above 5kg would begin to be shipped by DHL.  Prior to working with DHL, our average …

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June 27, 2015

Anou Just Became Morocco’s First National Cooperative

After a year of intense wrangling and hard work, we’re finally excited to announce that our community has been incorporated as Morocco’s first national cooperative. …

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Launching the Second Edition of the British Council Common Thread Program!

June 22, 2015

Launching the Second Edition of the British Council Common Thread Program!

At the end of last summer, we concluded the first edition of the Common Thread Program with the British Council. The program brought British designer …

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Artisan Leader Rabha Akkaoui Wins GroupX Business Innovation Competition!

April 21, 2015

Artisan Leader Rabha Akkaoui Wins GroupX Business Innovation Competition!

Rabha on the stage at X-Maroc! Earlier this week, we were surprised to learn that we were selected as a finalist for Morocco’s Group X …

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February 25, 2015

Delayed Shipments: November 2014 - January 2015

Starting in November 2014, we started noticing tracking numbers for orders shipped to the United States weren’t functioning and there seemed to be unexplainable delays. …

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FastCompany: How An Online Artisan Marketplace Wants To Upend The World Of Fair Trade

January 31, 2015

FastCompany: How An Online Artisan Marketplace Wants To Upend The World Of Fair Trade

"Anou developed a language-free interface for artisans to add their own products to the site and handle their own business operations. The process works like …

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Anou Featured By NPR's Marketplace

January 31, 2015

Anou Featured By NPR's Marketplace

"Etsy is great for the small-time crafts-person to reach new audiences. But there one problem: If you're among the millions of artisans around the world …

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Anou Nominated for E-Commerce Site of the Year!

January 24, 2015

Anou Nominated for E-Commerce Site of the Year!

We were excited to learn that Anou was nominated as Morocco's e-commerce site of the year! In order to make it to the finals, Anou …

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