Kobba, a creative marketing agency based in Dublin, has diversified its business due to the coronavirus outbreak, designing and selling protective counter tops and face shields for retail and health workers. The company's co-founders, Niall Kilcullen and Patryk Szafranski, decided to design the products after several of its marketing projects were cancelled as the coronavirus pandemic worsened. Kilcullen, who featured in the Sunday Independent's 30 under 30 list, said the Kobba co-founders had some expertise in product design. "When coronavirus hit, we, as a small business in marketing, were hit," he said. Kilcullen said Kobba had received strong interest, including from one of the country's largest retail groups, a pharmacy chain and a retail bank.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2020 01:30 UTC