In September 2005, 12-year old entrepreneur, and avid Baseball player David Phillips used the proceeds of his neighborhood pet care business to fund the start-up of Southpaw Express, to import and sell an amazing collection of wool-insulated, ice-free coolers & koozies from Australia. Making his initial sales to friends and neighbors, and through some local gourmet food & wine shops, who could have imagined what the future would bring. [more...]

One year later, David and Team Southpaw (David’s parents) were displaying a selection of our great Aussie coolers at local, regional, and national events, including the prestigious Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World. We also started growing a select network of boutique retail shops from Virginia to California. During these early years Southpaw Express was intentionally kept small, as it came behind School and Baseball on David’s list of priorities. [less...]

As High School graduation approached, David came to his parents with the idea of growing the business while in college, because he believed that growing Southpaw Express was what he wanted to do after college. Over the next four years, David studied Business, played Baseball, and worked with the support of his family to grow the business. And, grow it did. [more...]

Southpaw Express has been honored to serve a growing community of friends and followers across the United States and Canada. Along our journey, we have discovered a great community of Aussiepreneurs, creating innovative, imaginative, boutique quality products, which add a touch of luxury to your life and leisure. Products created and crafted with a personality as distinct as the country of their birth. From this community, we continue to add new lines to our distinctive collection of great Australian products. [less...]

As both David and the business grew during his collegiate career, the vision for the future of the business grew as well. It became clear that the business needed a more fitting moniker. In 2015, we began searching for the perfect name. By graduation day 2016 … Cape Woolamai Mercantile Co. was born. [more...]

Today, Cape Woolamai Mercantile brings our collection of unique, boutique quality products from family businesses in Australia, through our family business, to families across the US and Canada. We operate as a mobile & online retailer, bringing the store to our customers at local, regional and national events, or to your desktop, tablet or smartphone. [more...]

Cape Woolamai Mercantile will continue to push the boundaries of integrated mobile & online retail to deliver the personalized and personable customer experience of days gone by, in our modern world. Because doing business with a personal touch, a commitment to service, with an unwavering focus on creating happy customers, should never become obsolete. [less...]