{"id":18946,"date":"2016-03-30T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.starttoday.jp\/en\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2020-05-07T18:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:46:03","slug":"start-today-invests-in-materialwrld-comand-fashionvalet-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prd-zozo-corporate-alb-5272899.ap-northeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/en\/news\/20160330-18946\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Today invests in \u201cMaterialwrld.com\u201d and \u201cFashionValet.com\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Materialwrld<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The online fashion website \u201cZOZOTOWN\u201d (http:\/\/zozo.jp\/) operated by Start Today Co., Ltd. (CEO <em>Yusaku Maezawa<\/em>, Headquarters in Chiba city) has started investing in the American secondary clothing EC platform \u201cMaterialwrld.com\u201d (headquarters in NYC) and \u201cMaterialwrld Inc.\u201d (headquarters in US, Join CEO: Rie Yano, Jie Zheng) as of March 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2016. Materialwrld.com is a secondary EC shopping platform, which offers apparel, bags, etc., of luxury brands, mainly to female customers whom they provide prepaid cards for shopping at Materialwrld. Materialwrld will use this investment to strengthening their capital investment, operating capital, marketing and company structure.<\/p>\n<p>Start Today not only has financially invested into Materialwrld, but will also contribute by sharing its knowledge and business experience from working in the EC industry, which Start Today has gained from operating ZOZOUSED. Start Today aims to increase the value and customer experience of both companies.<\/p>\n<p>About Materialwrld<\/p>\n<p>Name\uff1aMaterial Wrld Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Location\uff1aAmerica, New York<\/p>\n<p>CEO\uff1aJoint partnership of <em>Rie Yano<\/em> and <em>Jie Zheng<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Established on: December 27<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Business: Secondary distribution of fashion, EC business and prepaid card business<\/p>\n<p>URL\uff1a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.materialwrld.com\/\">http:\/\/www.materialwrld.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">FashionValet<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Start Today Co., Ltd. has also invested in the Malaysian fashion EC platform \u201cFashionValet.com\u201d (Headquarters in Malaysia, CEO, Fadzarudin Shah Bin Anuar) as of March 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFashionValet.com\u201d is an EC fashion platform that provides apparel products from both in and out of Malaysia, to mainly customers in Malaysia and Singapore. Fashion Valet will use this investment to strengthening its function of \u201cFahionValet.com\u201d, marketing, company structure and expanding its logistics center. Start Today will not only provide financial investment to Fashion Valet, but will also share its knowledge and experience, as well as marketing advice \/ support gained from operating the \u201cWEAR\u201d app. Start Today aims to increase the value and improve customer experiences of both companies.<\/p>\n<p>About Fashion Valet Sdn. Bhd.<\/p>\n<p>Name\uff1aFashion Valet Sdn. Bhd.<\/p>\n<p>Location of headquarters\uff1aMalaysia<\/p>\n<p>CEO\uff1aFadzarudin Shah Bin Anuar<\/p>\n<p>Established in\uff1aSeptember 27<sup>th<\/sup>, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Business: Fashion EC website development and management<\/p>\n<p>URL\uff1a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionvalet.com\/\">http:\/\/www.fashionvalet.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All media \/ press related readers:<\/p>\n<p>Please contact us below if there are any requests of images etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start Today Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Contact PR from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starttoday.jp\/privacy\/?type=press\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materialwrld The online fashion website \u201cZOZOTOWN\u201d (http:\/\/zozo.jp\/) operated by Start Today Co., Ltd. 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