Welcome to Material
We're building a better future for independent retailers.
Material helps independent retail businesses operate more efficiently by providing remarkable tools for selling in-store, online and on our marketplaces.
Complete retail solution
With Material, you'll get all the hardware and software you need to offer a world-class shopping experience in-store and online, because running a retail shop shouldn't require stitching together dozens of different products.
- Total spent
- $250.00
- Order count
- 2
- Store credit
- $50.00
Build strong customer relationships
Build meaningful and long-lasting relationships with customers, in-store and online. Our customer engagement tools–like loyalty programs, smart text notifications and email campaigns–make clienteling easy.
Reach new customers and grow sales
Reach new customers and grow sales by selling on our online fashion marketplace, Shoptiques.com. Unlock this new sales channel for your business today.
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Our products
Tools for shops online, IRL or anywhere else.
Since 2011, Material has been building powerful and intuitive tools for independent retailers. Use our full toolkit, or mix and match just what you need.
Why material
Retail is in our DNA.
We build tools we could only dream about when we ran our own retail stores.
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Blog
Recent stories from the blog.
Find the latest news and stories from independent retailers on the Material blog.
For years, the Shoptiques marketplace faced a steady decline in sales, despite the team’s best efforts. Here’s the remarkable story of a last-ditch attempt to turn the failing marketplace around, and reinvigorate a community of independent retailers.
After closing their nearly 400 stores and moving the business online, Charming Charlie was still losing money. Time was running out to turn things around.
The new product list experience is full of big and small improvements to help make browsing and working on your inventory faster and more efficient.