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Conscious Marketplace Powered By People Raises $13.6 Million

The wholesale platform connecting buyers from companies like Banana Republic and West Elm with small-batch producers around the world is looking to scale and expand its tech tools.
A basket-style handbag by Khokho, a South African brand available on the wholesale platform Powered by People.
A basket-style handbag by Khokho, a South African brand available on the wholesale platform Powered by People. (Courtesy)
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Powered By People, the Canadian wholesale marketplace that connects fashion, home goods and jewellery buyers in North America and Europe with small-batch producers in roughly 70 countries, has secured $13.6 million in new funding to scale its operations, expand its tech tools and deepen its relationship with African suppliers.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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