made.com

• Year founded: 2010
• Offline store locations: Soho, London, West Yorkshire, Birmingham, Italy, France, The Netherlands
• Number of employees: 389
• Founder(s): Ning Li, Julien Callede, Chloe Macintosh, Brent Hoberman
• Revenue: £127 million

From clicks to bricks: Entrepreneurs Ning Li, Julien Callede, Chloe Macintosh and Brent Hoberman founded Made.com in 2010. Sales for Made.com between 2011-2012 grew by 200%, and by the time it came to its second year, it had opened its first showroom. In its Soho unit in London, the ‘online’ showrooms display a select range of products on showroom floor but manages to show the full Made range by combining these with full scale digital projections and a striking sample wall with 600 product lines. Each product offers a stylish postcard and fabric sample. Customers can use the tablets provided to do their digital shopping.

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