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Lavish Shoestring™
in Partnership with Amazon
We Supply Vintage & Antique Products at Scale
We Take This….
And We Make It into This….
Lavish Shoestring™ Goal
Become the major Branded Supplier in the largely untapped and fragmented £10+ billion market of vintage and antique products; of low to middle range value; in home & garden categories; worldwide and cross audiences; fuelled by technology, logistics and customer service.
Problem
Highly Fragmented Market Supply
e-Tailers Want but Cannot Get a Hold of Stock
Unsuitable for an average shopper expecting a fast, “no hassle” and “easy to grasp” purchase experience
Lavish Shoestring™ Solution
1. Smart Buy & Consignment Marketplace - wesource unlimited volumes of stock, efficiently & cost effectively
2. Smart Catalogue - we process products fast on a data intense, self-learning platform
3. Central - we distribute a feed to retailers and control simple logistics chain
4. Smart Product Tag - we collect, control & reuse product data, making it a Big Data
Distribution Channels
LavishShoestring.comMarketplaces – Amazon ….e-Tailers & e-Malls – WorldStores …. Social Sellers – Fancy ….Curated Platforms – Achica.com ….Niche Platforms – Wedding Registries ….Brick & Mortar Retailers – Virtual catalogue
Our Bootstrapped Achievements
First to MarketScouted by Amazon for an antiques pilot & the only
such Amazon merchant to be granted a Brand StoreGross margin 70%+ prior to any optimisationNo skilled labour required – can process 1000s
items/monthNo comparable competitionMajor media publications regularly source our
products
Raising Early Stage
Scale up the processExpand retail contractsStock acquisitionZero ad budget
Live Lavish on a Shoestring
About Lavish Shoestring™
Started operating 2012, Oxford, UKFunding Bootstrapped
Jacob Khokhlov CEO, Co-Founder5 years @ MyThings.com; 2 years @ 62days.com; Sotheby’s LondonOxford University DPhil; Art History & Egyptology
Sharen Custer August VP Merchandise, Co-Founder25+ years in antiques & jewellery tradeVP UK Gemology @ IMC Invest Mining Company
e: jk@lavishshoestring.com / p: +44 (0)7903 749 112 / skype: jakobkhokhlovwww.LavishShoestring.com
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