Tender Cargo Blog

Bumgenius Flip and Econobum – here – Monday

Christine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:02:54 +0000

This is a bit of a placeholder post, because all I can say is the hot new Bumgenius diaper products – Flip diapers and Econobum - just arrived to our stockroom and will be posted at Tender Cargo tomorrow. Images, descriptions, prices, etc will be shown at that point. There has been such a buzz about these already! Most likely the link will be right in the Bumgenius cloth diaper section. These are not replacing the BumGenius 3.0 or organic one size diapers we carry. Those products are still being made and sold as much as ever. The Flip and Econobum are just some exciting other options to consider by the same maker.

Welcome back Beco Avery and Lenka!

Christine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:51:20 +0000

I know I speak for a lot of people by saying I’m so glad that Beco brought back the Avery and Lenka colors!

These were bestsellers earlier in the year and once they sold out we received an endless stream of calls about these prints – they are lovely gender-neutral choices – and those phone calls and emails never stopped even until now.

What changed is that finally have a better answer to tell – that Beco did make more and that finally we have them back in our store for sale! Whew! Welcome back Lenka and Avery!

Grace Beco Butterfly – homemade photos

Christine — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:12:11 +0000

Thanks a bunch to Meghan for sending in real-life photos of her Beco. The toddler shown here in the front carry position is about 24 pounds and 32″ tall. The fabric color is Grace, a unique floral design that looks great on the Beco carriers.

Click the images to enlarge

Medela magazine ad

Christine — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:27:28 +0000

Just sharing – this is out Medela ad in the next issue of Pregnancy and Newborn magazine. We like that they placed it right with an article about those crucial first 72 hours of breastfeeding a new baby.

medela ad for breast pumps and replacement parts

BabyLegs selection is refreshed

Christine — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:37:06 +0000

Friday we received a much-needed refill on Babylegs. We have been running with $5 off $20 for a while and recently ran out on all the solid ribbed ones, and those are practically necessities, especially when it comes to little girls keeping their legs warm with fall and winter dresses. Also we got our most popular striped prints back, like Chutes, Rainbows, and Popsicle.

Rainbow Babylegs pictured above – see Chutes, Popscicle, or the solids at this link.

BabyHawk color combos

Christine — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:35:39 +0000

We’ve had a few new colors of Babyhawk in the store that I just finally put online today. Check out the Babyhawk area, you’ll be able to tell the new ones because they have swatch photos posted instead of our homemade photos of the carrier on a manequin like all the other Babyhawks show. Sorry, that’s just been pushed down the to-do list so long, I thought it was best to at least make them available for order even if the photos weren’t done yet. If that’s a big deal, just say so and I’ll try to get to it sooner!

The all-Camoflauge one has been really popular, – now I’m just curious how the zebra print does. Do you like it?

So much on the way thanks to ABC Kids Tradeshow

Christine — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:15:30 +0000

Whew! This is one of those log posts I put off writing just because I can’t tell where to begin! The annual show of all the new childrens’ products just ended and I flex back home with a bag bursting with catalogs and order forms, there is no telling when I’ll finally sort through all that material and in the meantime all the orders we placed for hot new products are going to start shipping over. yikes!

It is easy to point out two new colors for the Butterfly 2. They’re coming next week. Also 2 new colors for Pikkolo carriers and one for Scootababy. I’m so pleased with about a dozen new color choices from Aden + Anais muslin swaddling blankets and they have the most amazing muslin sleepsack coming soon.

Petunia Pickle Bottom

But there are some really BIG things coming out of Bumgenius and I’m not sure if I can say so yet : ) Also we grew so much in our car seats and strollers and furniture offerings … what’s that, you can’t see them on the site yet? I KNOW! until we find time to get these things online I can’t do much blogging and linking to anything in those categories, can I? Oh well, the Nurture Center has plenty to show right now – check out the specials just right now on Dutailier, the instant rebates on the Britax strollers, and the free shipping for Medela pumps

Improved website design over at NurtureCenter.com

Christine — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:27:43 +0000

The Nurture Center just launched their new website! Have a look at any of the links below – here is a sampling of some of the cool products they have to offer.

The Ergo Baby Carrier

Arms Reach Cosleepers (practically a necessity!)

Nursing Pillow for twins

Replacement cushions for Dutailier gliders

Kidco safe feeding products and Peapod travel tent

Dutailier Gliders in the Express/Stock Program for fast shipment

Britax car seats

Press Release – Tender Cargo Aquires The Nurture Center

Christine — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:27:22 +0000

Tender Cargo, Inc. Acquires The Nurture Center

Lafayette, California – June 4, 2009 -
Tender Cargo, Inc. has acquired The Nurture Center brick & mortar store and NurtureCenter.com internet store.

The Nurture Center

The Nurture Center is a natural maternity, breastfeeding, and baby store located in Lafayette, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded in 2000 by two local moms, and has grown to include a nationally recognized e-commerce store and a resource center with classes and support groups for parents.

“We’re thrilled that The Nurture Center is now in the capable hands of Christine Alonso, president of Tender Cargo, Inc.” say The Nurture Center founders Meri Levy & Sherry Henderson. “We’re confident that she will continue to serve new and expecting parents with high quality products and resources for years to come.”

Tender Cargo, Inc.

Founded by a Berkeley work-at-home-mom, the online baby store TenderCargo.com rapidly expanded into warehouse space and worldwide shipping. Tender Cargo is a specialty store for natural baby products such as cloth diapers, slings and wooden toys. Owner Christine Alonso ran the business singlehandedly from its launch in 2006 and incorporated Tender Cargo in early 2009 in anticipation of the Nurture Center purchase.

Transition

“I am very impressed with how smoothly the ownership transition went – the staff and former owners have been wonderful to work with” says Christine. Both the websites TenderCargo.com and NurtureCenter.com are serving customers without any changes throughout this transitional time, and The Nurture Center store continues to operate with the same name, staff and location at 3399 Mt Diablo Blvd in Lafayette, CA. All classes and breastfeeding supports are being provided without interruption. A website redesign is underway for NurtureCenter.com and both sides of this new company stand to gain depth of offerings from each other with time. “I am committed to the Nurture Center, its employees and suppliers, and the support services we offer to the parenting community here in Lafayette, CA”

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For more information, contact:

Christine Alonso
925-283-1346
christine@nurturecenter.com

www.nurturecenter.com
www.tendercargo.com

The Nurture Center
3399 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Lafayette, CA 94549

fresh design

Christine — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:38:44 +0000

Many thanks to my sister who recently redesigned this blog to match the look of the store pages.

Anybody looking for freelance design work like this can reach her at twitter.com/lazydaisymarie