A designer needs to touch the tile. A manufacturer needs to meet the designer. Material Bank built an overnight delivery business around that small, expensive gap.
Faire is an online wholesale marketplace that connects independent retailers with the makers and brands that supply them. It replaces the trade-show-and-cold-email model of buying inventory with a personalized, machine-learning-driven storefront, layering on retailer-friendly financing - net 60 payment terms and free returns on first orders - so that mom-and-pop shops can stock their shelves the way big-box chains do, without the cash-flow risk.