Type Private company Headquarters Brooklyn, NY, US Founded 1999 | Industry E-commerce Area served Worldwide | |
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Key people David Bolotsky, Thomas Epting, Casey McCarthy, Carolyn Topp Products Handmade, small production gifts, home accents, jewelry, accessories, tabletop, art, games, books, food and drink, DIY kits Founders Thomas Epting, David Bolotsky Profiles | ||
UncommonGoods, LLC is a Brooklyn-based, privately held, American online and catalog retailer, founded in 1999. The UncommonGoods website launched in July, 2000. Its inventory consists of small production gifts, home accents, jewelry, accessories, tabletop, art, games, books, food and drink and DIY kits, 40% of which are handmade by independent artists and artisans, frequently of recycled, reclaimed, or upcycled materials.
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The company is online-only and has no brick-and-mortar retail outlets.
History
UncommonGoods was founded in 1999 by current CEO David Bolotsky, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs who headed its U.S. Retail Research Division from 1995 to 1999.
B Corp certification and benefit corporation
In 2007, UncommonGoods became a founding B Corp, having met B Lab's standards of standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Bolotsky advocated for the bill that made this corporate status legal in the state. which was signed into law in 2012. The company gives 15% of its net proceeds to nonprofits, as certified by B Lab, and pays entry-level workers significantly more than the legal minimum wage. Bolotsky has also advocated for raising the minimum wage in New York State.