Aesthetic Movement

What Aesthetic Movement does

Aesthetic Movement is a wholesale sales representation and creative services firm founded in 2009, operating as a B2B intermediary between brand partners in the gift, home, jewelry, and personal accessories industries and registered retailers across the United States. The company operates four permanent showrooms in New York (Starrett-Lehigh Building), Atlanta (AmericasMart), Las Vegas (World Market Center), and Los Angeles (Wurlitzer Building), with a small team of approximately 10 people led by founders Jesse James and Gus Anagnopoulos. Retail customers include major accounts such as Anthropologie, Nordstrom, West Elm, Crate & Barrel, Bloomingdale's, MoMA, SFMOMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Macy's, and Urban Outfitters, alongside specialty boutiques and museum stores. The company is privately held, domiciled in Pennsylvania, and has not raised any external funding.

The business operates on two revenue streams: (1) wholesale commissions on transactions facilitated between brand partners and retail buyers, with regional sales associates assigned by zip code and orders restricted to registered retailers with valid tax IDs; and (2) professional creative services billed through the A/M Studio, which delivers product development, branding, packaging, identity design, websites, art direction, and interior design. The go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, with participation in major US trade shows (Las Vegas Market, Atlanta Gift & Home Market, Designers & Agents) and the co-founded Shoppe Object semi-annual independent home and gift trade show, which has grown from 100 to 500+ brand exhibitors since its August 2018 launch. The company also produces an owned sub-brand, Sir/Madam, and operates multi-channel marketing through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, the A/M Gazette newsletter, and earned media in Architectural Digest, Business of Home, and WWD.

Name

Aesthetic Movement

Legal name

Aesthetic Movement

Website

https://aestheticmovement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aesthetic Movement is a wholesale sales representation and creative services firm founded in 2009, connecting gift, home, jewelry, and accessories brands with premier US retailers through four showrooms, regional sales associates, and the co-founded Shoppe Object trade show.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Sales Representation

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430), Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (459420)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail, Consumer Goods & Lifestyle Shows Organizers (THAHABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL), Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG), Home Fragrance, Candles & Small Giftables Retail (CRALAJAN)

Keywords

• Wholesale sales representation
• Creative design services
• Gift home accessories distribution
• Brand sales agency
• Interior product design studio

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Commission: Aesthetic Movement operates as a wholesale sales representative for brand partners. They facilitate transactions between buyers (retailers) and sellers (brand partners/vendors), earning commission on sales. Because they specialize in wholesale-to-retail representation, customers must be registered retailers with valid tax IDs to place orders.
2. Creative Services: The A/M Studio provides design services including product development, branding, packaging, identity design, collateral materials, websites, art direction, and interior design for clients. Services are billed as professional engagements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Aesthetic Movement is a national wholesale sales representative that connects gift, home, jewelry, and personal accessories brand partners with premier retailers through four permanent showrooms in New York, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The company also operates A/M Studio, a multi-faceted creative design practice offering product development, branding, packaging, identity, art direction, web design, and interior design services for clients in those same industries.

Product overview

Aesthetic Movement is a wholesale representation and creative services company that provides two core offerings: (1) national wholesale representation for brands in the gift, home, jewelry, and personal accessories industries, connecting them with premier retailers through showrooms in New York, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles; and (2) a multi-faceted creative studio offering design solutions including product development, branding, art direction, packaging, identities, and interior design. The company also operates Shoppe Object, a semi-annual independent trade show for the home and gift industry that it co-founded. Additionally, A/M has developed its own sub-brand Sir/Madam featuring home and gift products with classical motifs.

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Products and services

• Wholesale Representation Services National wholesale sales representation that connects gift, home, jewelry and personal accessories brand partners with registered retailers (department stores, specialty home retailers, museum stores, boutiques) through four permanent showrooms and trade show participation.
• A/M Studio (Creative Design Services) Multi-disciplinary creative studio offering product development, branding, packaging design, identity design, collateral materials, websites, art direction, merchandising, sourcing, and interior design services for clients in the gift, home, jewelry and accessories space.
• Shoppe Object Trade Show Semi-annual independent trade show for the home and gift industry co-founded by Aesthetic Movement, featuring 500+ visionary brands and makers in an elevated boutique setting, with associated retail marketplace events such as SO Holiday.
• Sir/Madam Product Line A home and gift product line developed by Aesthetic Movement featuring classical motifs and historical references with a modern sensibility, including homewares, textiles, and decorative accessories distributed through the company's wholesale channels.

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Shoppe ObjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2018In August 2018, Aesthetic Movement and the creators of Capsule (Minya Quirk and Deirdre Maloney) launched Shoppe Object - a new semi-annual independent trade show for the home and gift industry. A/M Studio created visual strategy and design for the event. Shoppe Object has grown from 100 exhibitors to 500+ brands and is considered A/M's flagship industry event.
• Artbook / D.A.P.supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAesthetic Movement's Los Angeles showroom is shared with Artbook / D.A.P. in the Wurlitzer Building. This partnership allows both companies to leverage the same physical space and provides convenience for buyers visiting the LA market area.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Capsule: Capsule is a fashion and lifestyle trade show that co-founded Shoppe Object with Aesthetic Movement in August 2018. It is a direct peer in the curated independent-trade-show space and shares a structural relationship through the Shoppe Object joint venture.
• Designers & Agents: Designers & Agents is a New York-based trade show for curated fashion, accessories, and lifestyle brands. Aesthetic Movement regularly participates in D&A alongside its Shoppe Object commitments, making it a directly comparable showroom-and-trade-show peer.
• One Coast: One Coast is a wholesale sales representation firm representing design and lifestyle brands to premium retailers across the United States. It is the most directly comparable peer to A/M's core representation business model and target customer base.
• Hill & Partners: Hill & Partners is a retail and experiential brand-environment design firm that creates branded retail spaces, pop-ups, and immersive environments. It is a directly comparable peer to the A/M Studio's retail environment, interior design, and experiential design services.

Broad incumbents

• Faire: Faire is a digital wholesale marketplace connecting independent brands with thousands of retailers globally. As a scaled, tech-enabled alternative to traditional sales representation, it competes with A/M for the same brand-retailer matchmaking function at much larger scope.
• Maison & Objet: Maison & Objet is the leading international trade show for the home, gift, and lifestyle industries, held semi-annually in Paris. It is the global incumbent peer in A/M's trade-show and curated-brand category, with transcontinental buyer reach A/M lacks.
• AmericasMart Atlanta (ANDMORE): AmericasMart is a major Atlanta wholesale marketplace and home to one of Aesthetic Movement's permanent showrooms. It is a broad incumbent peer in the gift and home wholesale market space and a host venue for A/M's Atlanta operations.
• Las Vegas Market (ANDMORE): Las Vegas Market is a twice-yearly home and gift trade event hosted at the World Market Center, where A/M maintains a 3,200 sq ft permanent showroom. It is a broad incumbent peer in the same gift and home trade-show category.
• Dallas Market Center: Dallas Market Center is one of the largest permanent wholesale trade centers in the US for home, gift, and apparel. It is a broad incumbent peer operating in the same gift and home wholesale marketplace category as A/M's showroom model.
• High Point Market: High Point Market is the largest home furnishings trade show in North America, held semi-annually in High Point, NC. It is a broad incumbent peer in the wholesale home and gift trade-show category and a key industry event A/M partners and brand clients attend.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Aesthetic-Movement/136925659704977
• Instagraminstagram.com/aestheticmovement
• Pinterestpinterest.com/aestheticmvmnt
• Xx.com/aestheticmvmnt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aesthetic-movement

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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