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Appear Here
Appear Here is an online marketplace for retail space. Since the company was founded in 2014, it has facilitated the opening of over 10,000 stores in the UK, US, and France. History In the summer of 2012, Ross Bailey and a friend decided to create a brand called Rock and Rule to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. They opened a pop up shop on Marshall Street, Soho to launch it. What surprised Bailey was the number of people asking him how he got hold of the shop. It was at this point he realised there was an opportunity to make it easier for people to find and rent short-term retail space. When Rock and Rule closed, Bailey took his share of the profit and put it into launching Appear Here. Currently, Appear Here lists over 10,000 short-term spaces worldwide, with prime retail properties in global cities including, London, Manchester, New York City and Paris. Over 200,000 brands have signed up to the platform, including Apple, Supreme, Nike, Netflix, Chanel and Tommy Hilfige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Bailey
Ross Bailey (born in 1992) is an entrepreneur and the CEO & Founder of Appear Here, an online marketplace for short-term retail space. Considered a commercial real estate disrupter, Bailey has been featured in publications including Financial Times, ''The Financial Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Guardian'', ''GQ'', ''Property Week'', Monocle (brand), ''Monocle'', Wired (magazine), ''Wired'', and TechCrunch. Bailey was named one of Forbes Europe's 30 Under 30 in 2016 and one of Financial Times’ Top 10 under 30 tech entrepreneurs. In 2018, he was listed in Fast Company's 100 most creative people. He is a regular speaker at conferences regarding retail, e-commerce and technology. Early life Bailey was born in London and completed his education at the School Of Communication Arts 2.0. He started his entrepreneurial journey at age 16 when he attended the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy run by Peter Jones (entrepreneur), Peter Jones. Determined to launch his own busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |