As a fashion manufacturer, putting digital technology at the heart of building and growing your brand has become essential.
As a middleman is replaced by the technology during this economic difficulty, Innovation tends to suffer. It is the brand who have adapted to new ways of working who will best meet the changing consumers and buyer expectation.
These e-commerce marketplaces are not just helping brands to sell more products but also helping manufacturers to optimize their own e-commerce website through integration with ERP, CRM, PLM software, mobile app, data analytic tool, and trade shows and store channels to sell effectively to ensure a seamless and meaningful customer experience.
By Now, you have heard of Alibaba or Amazon at least once, but B2B marketplace is still in its infancy.
Below is the U.S. based B2B Fashion Marketplace which manufacturers could arm with to increase sales channel and get those brand recognition from the end user, the customers, who will eventually buy your products from those who you will distribute.
- Joor: Joor raised $3.25 million from Battery Ventures, Lerer Ventures, and smaller designers like it because there is no fixed cost in case nothing sells.
- Modalyst: A retail technology platform and the world’s first marketplace enabling retailers to source brands with inventory available immediately for dropshipping and wholesale.
- Orange Shine: Emerging fashion marketplace and IT company located in Los Angeles, California, low cost to join and sell products through and built organic traffics since 2009.
- Uppler: Social e-commerce marketplace, and Uppler can also integrate with buyers’ inventory management software, letting retailers automatically update their inventory records after purchasing products from suppliers on Uppler.
- Pop-Market: Emerging b2bmarketplace but seem to be there are some negative reviews Popmarket opinions.
- Poshmark: Successfully launched a B2B portal, and here are some reviews,Poshmark
- Le New Black: Emerging marketplace for selective brands with buyer CRM, order management, analytics tool and data integration.
- Balluun: Balluun is an emerging online business marketplace solution for small and medium businesses. It offers collaboration and connection capabilities between different retailers and manufactures.
- Fashiongo: Online fashion marketplace located in Los Angeles, California with over 700 brands, previously known to provide ERP software for manufacturing companies.
- LA Showroom: One of the oldest online fashion marketplace based in Los Angeles, California.
- Vanillamonkey: Specializes in Wholesale Clothes and Wholesale Fashion Clothes.
Read Article, Future of B2B , Harvard business review, Why B2B is Really Becoming More Like B2C in the Marketplace, business.com, State of B2B Marketplace