Global Girlfriend Eco bags.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Brief article

A social worker by trade, Stacey Edgar decided to change her career path in 2002 after her mother-in-law told her about women she'd encountered in the Third World trying to sell their handmade goods to aid workers.

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"That's not a very good market," says Stacey, who has worked tirelessly since to find poor women all over the globe better markets for their wares. She began with a party at her Littleton home ("a huge success") before moving into events and then wholesale. Her Global Girlfriend catalog includes apparel, accessories, jewelry and bags now sold through outlets like Whole Foods and...