Comments on: Farfetch secures $4.5m from Advent Venture Partners http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:07:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: benefit makeup http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388180 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:09:00 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388180 Thank article is benefit makeup ukquite good
 

]]> By: Andrew Hunter http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388179 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:26:13 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388179 I really like Farfetch. A competitive space to be entering, but having met the founders i have no doubt they will shake things up.

Congrats to Advent and FF!

]]> By: Azeem http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388178 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:08:38 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388178 A bull run on e-commerce. There is also Empora kicking around. And ModCloth. And umpteen secret sale type things.

I don’t buy Farfetch (sorry Frederci!) Looks like a Net-a-porter clone. The brands on their are massive and expensive (balenciaga, anyone) and hardly independent designers. My cursory glance says that most of these designers are available in a stroll through Selfridges.

Doesn’t mean it isn’t a good investment (from an LP standpoint). Net-a-porter did well.

But it does mean another $4.5m has been sucked out of the innovation ecosystem in the UK, to support online retail :(

]]> By: buyer beware http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388177 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:33:29 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388177 The people who shop for orignal fashion at small boutiques already know where to buy. They buy from exclusive, creative, niche businesses that are part vocation the ones I know, part business, not mass market, not scalable.

Individual boutiques and their loyal customer base don’t gain from an aggregator in my view, although you’ll make the case for them since I would guess that is where you make money?

If you want to make money from selling original, creative, small scale, niche fashion, why not produce and run an actual original shop of your own, if you are interested in fashion, creativity, individuality, originality?

]]> By: Max Niederhofer http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388176 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:32:03 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388176 So your alternative to using a paid marketplace to sell online is…?

]]> By: buyer beware http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388175 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:28:34 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388175 Adding a layer of costs is not making it easier for boutiques to sell online.

]]> By: Max Niederhofer http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/09/farfetch-secures-4-5m-from-advent-venture-partners/#comment-388174 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:36:11 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=23650#comment-388174 Which explains Frederic’s comment in the last thread :)

Farfetch looks like a cool concept. Making it easy for independent boutique owners to sell online is an interesting take.

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