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CLIENT: SICKY
OUTLET: 9NEWS
Australians needing a sick day no longer have to leave their bed to visit a doctor to get a sick note. DL COMMS’ client, Sicky, makes getting a sick note as easy as clicking a few buttons on your smartphone. The pharmacist run service provides sick notes over the phone to verify a number of common illnesses.
Avinash Vazirani, Co-founder of Sicky app, spoke to 9 News’ Emily Rice about the new innovation.
CLIENT: THREADHEADS
OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, HERALD SUN, COURIER MAIL, THE ADVERTISER, NT NEWS, THE MERCURY
Pop culture T-shirt maker Threadheads has broken equity crowfunding records on Monday, defying economic uncertainty to overtake cleaning products maker Zero Co with the highest number of expressions of interest in Australian crowd-funding history.
The Melbourne-based company, buoyed by its Dan Andrews’ ‘Get On The Beers’ T-shirts, has passed 6,300 expressions of interest for its crowfunding campaign that goes live on Tuesday. The company is raising $2m to expand into the US and open a third production facility.
CLIENT: BURGERTORY
OUTLET: THE SMART COMPANY
Australian businesses are battling to balance the cost of rising minimum wages with spiking power and raw material costs. Australia’s largest independent burger chain, Burgertory, says the rising costs make it difficult to run its business while also supporting staff members. The chain of restaurants was not expecting a wage spike of this calibre but looks at it from a constructive view - “if we look after our staff, this will have a very positive flow on affect for our business”.
DL COMMS client, Hash Tayeh, founder of the Burgertory, spoke to the Smart Company about the wage spike and how his company will manage the challenging economic climate.
CLIENT: AUSTRALIAN GLOW
OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU
After being a religious self-tanner herself, Liz Agresta realised there was a gap in the market for a “natural, organic and nourishing” fake tan - and one with sustainable packaging too. So, she risked it all and started her own line of fake tanning products called the Australian Glow that has now gained global public acclaim for being one of a kind.
DL COMMS’ client, Liz Agresta from Australian Glow talked to News.com.au about the story of her brand and how it came to be the global sensation is it now!
CLIENT: THREADHEADS
OUTLET: THE TODAY SHOW
While the pandemic forced a lot of other businesses to shut down, these two mates from Melbourne managed to turn it into millions with their T-shirt business. Started from a Moorabbin factory in 2017, the company sold more than $13m in merch last year and now has partnerships with big names like Sony and Warner Bros.
Watch as Threadheads’ founders Ace Reunis and Marcus Siegel talk about spreading their wings to the American market on The Today Show.
CLIENT: THREADHEADS
OUTLET: 9 NEWS
DL COMMS' client and novelty T-shirt makers, Threadheads, started as a lockdown success story but are now planning to go one better by taking over the US market. The Moorabbin business made over $13 million last year in the pits of lockdown and has already sold over 200,000 T-shirts to more than 40 countries!
Click the link below to watch Threadheads’ founders, Ace Reunis and Marcus Siegel on 9 NEWS as they spill the beans behind their phenomenal success.
CLIENT: CITIZEN WOLF
OUTLET: 7 NEWS
The Australian fashion landscape is undergoing a green revolution, leaving the concept of fast fashion behind. One in three pieces of clothing made globally, goes to landfill unsold. DL COMMS’ client, Citizen Wolf reduces this fashion waste by using unique technology that creates custom garments to order. All you do is supply your height, weight and age and a custom piece of clothing will be made that will fit you like a glove!
Citizen Wolf’s founders spoke to 7 NEWS about their eco-friendly start up that aspires to change the fashion industry for good.
CLIENT: CARLA FROM BANKSTOWN
OUTLET: THE KYLE AND JACKIE O SHOW
After her Celebrity Apprentice elimination, DL COMMS client and everyone’s favourite Carla from Bankstown has huge news to share - her new song, ‘GRONK’. The song, which is released on June 8, is everything you’d expect from Carla with her fair share of sexiness and sass.
Carla talks to Kyle and Jackie O about her new tune and gives Australia’s #1 radio show an exclusive preview before Wednesday’s launch.
CLIENT: CARLA FROM BANKSTOWN
OUTLET: TODAY EXTRA
Celebrity Apprentice’s latest episode saw everyone’s favourite, Carla from Bankstown, strutting the runway looking as sexy as ever! After being so self-conscious about her weight for so long, Carla got a chance to flaunt herself on stage and it was a glorious sight for many, including the judges because she ended up winning the competition for her charity!
DL Comms client, Carla from Bankstown, sits down with Today Extra’s Sylvia Jeffries and Richard Wilkins to unpack her latest win on Celebrity Apprentice, her gastric sleeve surgery and of-course her budding chemistry with teammate Darren McMullen.
CLIENT: CARLA FROM BANKSTOWN
OUTLET: NINENOW
If you can’t stop thinking about the hilarious drag queen blessing your screens with her sass on Celebrity Apprentice, you’re not alone. Carla from Bankstown is a drag queen character enacted by 28-year-old, Benjahmin James from Sydney’s western suburbs. Apart from being the hottest and the smartest in the room, she gains her fans from posting hilarious sketches about her multifaceted roles- being a secretary to Gladys Berejiklins is just one among many! You can check it out for yourself on her TikTok and Instagram - @carlafrombankstown.
If you still want to know more about Carla (we’d be surprised if you don’t) - head to this explainer by NineNow!
