Made.com
E-commerceUKClosed 2023
Total Raised
Undisclosed
Peak Valuation
$775M
Employees
700
Year Collapsed
2023
Business model
Direct-to-consumer furniture and homeware, manufactured to order.
In brief
A UK furniture retailer that sold designer-style furniture direct-to-consumer at lower prices by manufacturing to order. Supply chain disruption and shipping cost spikes after its 2021 IPO squeezed margins badly, and after failing to find a buyer for the whole company, it collaps…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2010
- Closed
- 2023
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Employees
- 700
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Ning Li
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Often compared with: Wayfair, IKEA, Article.