Threads of Community Blog
Blogs that weave together artisan stories, cultural heritage, sustainability, and customer connections, showing how each handmade piece ties people, tradition, and care into a shared global fabric.
More Than Just A Workplace
HOW CO-OPS ARE CHANGING LIVES: MarketPlace's mission is to improve the lives of low-income women in India, but offeri...
Fashion For A Better World
Can buying beautiful clothing in America improve the lives of women in India? We know it can--as do the hundreds o...
A First Bank Account
Sangeeta Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at SMM Cooperative Lack of access to banking remains a major financial obstac...
A Culture of Mutual Support
Lavina Dandekar, Tailor at Nirmaan Collective In stark contrast to the fast-fashion industry, where low-cost goo...
Insurance Against A Crisis
Kunti Morya, Embroidery Artisan at Arpan Cooperative Among the less affluent in India, health insurance is only ...
The Power Of Embroidery
Rinky Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan Collective Hand embroidery is a hallmark of the MarketPlace brand, pr...
Slow Fashion With A Purpose
MarketPlace: Handwork of India didn't set out to create a fair trade, ethically-manufactured clothing line. Our bran...
Gaining Confidence
The mission of empowering women is in MarketPlace's DNA. Economic empowerment is the beginning of it all, and a varie...