INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Neighborhood Goods, a startup rethinking the traditional department store experience, is announcing that it has raised $5.75 million in seed
funding.CEO Matt Alexander (who co-founded the company with Mark Masinter) told me via email that while the largely static layout and
each highlighting the aesthetic and products that the brands choose
(Bulletin is another startup looking to bring a pop-up approach to traditional retail.) The store will also have a restaurant and bar, and
the polish and approachability of the typical department store, but combines it with the dynamism and community of a pop-up store or pop-up
learn more about the brands, text the staff, have products brought to them and make purchases.The funding was led by Forerunner Ventures,
Dollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin and Retail Connection co-founder Alan P
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