According to a recent SEC filing, fashion news and e-commerce site Refinery29 has raised $3.5 million in a private offering from a total of seven undisclosed investors.
The Web site, which focuses on trends and independent designers, has grown rapidly since it launched in 2005 in New York City. → Read More
Fashion news site Refinery29 is on a roll. The hyperlocal fashion site is expanding to San Francisco today, its fourth city after New York, LA, and Chicago. The site covers high-end local fashion designers, and it launched a sister group deals service called Refinery29 Reserve last November.
CEO Philippe von Borries tells me the company’s is on track to do $8 million in revenues this year… → Read More
The line between content and commerce is blurring. Refinery29, a fashion news and trends site with a local twist, just launched a daily/weekly deal site called Refinery29 Reserve. The deals are for “high-end local fashion,” as CEO Philippe von Borries describes it.
The combination of an editorially-driven media site and a commerce business is a trend that is picking up steam. For instance… → Read More
There are a multitude of fashion news sites on the web that compete to provide up to date news on emerging designers, trends, sales and the hottest stores and boutiques to find collections. Fashion site Refinery29 has an different take on this model; the site hopes to provide hyperlocal fashion news to U.S. cities. Refinery29 has just raised seed funding (the startup declines to name how much, but… → Read More
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