CREOATE is on a mission to make wholesale work for independents

Our Story

Our co-founders Ashley and Fahad come from a finance background, but both have strong retail roots. Ashley’s grandmother was a small business owner selling antiques and collectibles in Northern California, and Fahad’s dad was a retailer selling convenience items from his office-shop in Pakistan. But it was only when they ran a store together in London’s Covent Garden that they realised how hard retailers really have it; how exclusive the financing options are, and how hard it is to buy the right stock, in the right amounts. So they set out to fix it, all of it — and today’s CREOATE was born: a wholesale marketplace for independents that’s really for independents, complete with interest-free finance options to help you find your feet.

CREOATE began life as a dedicated team of two, but has doubled many times over since. Now, we have a growing international team of CREOATErs based in 11 different countries. We were born and raised in local communities and watched friends and families grow their small businesses. Shop local is the norm for us and we’re on a mission to help small business communities to thrive.