Faire news and trends

Digital Wholesale Marketplace Faire Expands to Australia
eCommerce // April 28, 2022

Online wholesale marketplace Faire has rolled out in Australia to independent brands and merchants, the platform’s first move outside of North America and Europe, according to a press release Wednesday (April 27). Faire links 450,000 retailers with 70,000 brands from over 100 countries and has...

Today in Retail: Tempur Sealy Expects 15% YoY Growth; FTD Uses Data to Cultivate Customers
Retail // March 31, 2022

Today in retail, Tempur Sealy expects to report 15% year-over-year growth for fiscal 2022’s first quarter, while FTD uses data to grow lifelong customers of the ever-evolving brand. Plus, Faire serves as a cross-border, B2B marketplace across Europe and the increased demand for COVID-19 tests...

Wholesale Platform Serves As Cross-Border Matchmaker for 300k US Retailers, Countless EU Brands
eCommerce // March 31, 2022

Compared to the homogeneous United States market, operating and expanding a business across Europe can be a complex undertaking, given the different regulations, languages and cultural nuances specific to countries in the region. There are even times when the fragmentation goes beyond the country level...

Cross-Border Wholesale Marketplace Faire Nets $400M on $12.4B Valuation
Retail // November 22, 2021

Online wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G round, which will allow it to continue working on its marketplace for smaller retailers, the company announced last Tuesday (Nov. 16). The new funding will let the company keep hiring talent and adding more...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Mom-and-Pops Can Survive Retail’s Apocalypse

January 10, 2020
Serving the needs of Americas millions of micro-merchants and mom-and-pop shops is one of those business plans that always sounds much easier in theory than it turns out to be in practice. The simple reason? Diversity. Other than being small, they’re a rather diffused group in terms of who they serve, what they sell, their […]

Quick Reads
Shopify Teams With Faire on Wholesale Marketplace

September 27, 2023
Shopify has teamed with B2B retail marketplace Faire, naming that company its “recommended wholesale marketplace.” The partnership also makes Shopify a shareholder in Faire, the companies announced in a Wednesday (Sept. 27) news release. “At Faire we have long admired Shopify’s like-minded approach to building tools that empower retail entrepreneurs to run their businesses as efficiently as possible,” […]

Digital Wholesale Marketplace Faire Expands to Australia

April 28, 2022
Online wholesale marketplace Faire has rolled out in Australia to independent brands and merchants, the platform’s first move outside of North America and Europe, according to a press release Wednesday...

Cross-Border Wholesale Marketplace Faire Nets $400M on $12.4B Valuation

November 22, 2021
Online wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G round, which will allow it to continue working on its marketplace for smaller retailers, the company announced last Tuesday...

Faire’s Fundraise Pushes Valuation To $7 Billion As Independent Retail Recovers

June 10, 2021
Faire, an online wholesale marketplace for retailers and brands, has landed $260 million in funding headed up by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of $7 billion. The infusion comes after...