About In Fourth Place
Curiously driven to develop and test methods for building community and belonging through authentic relationships relationships, In Fourth Place promotes experience-based learning and iterative design.
Together we explore the humanity of the retail landscape and event design. Launched in 2016, as Found & Gathered Events, In Fourth Place has grown organically into a sandbox experience that's one part think tank and one learning lab. If you lead an emerging retail brand or are a creative entrepreneur, I invite you to join us. What is the Fourth Place?To me, the fourth place is where customers feel at home and connect with their communities in their favorite non-food, non-drink businesses like indie shops and boutiques, salons, bodegas, local hardware and general stores, and other bricks-and-mortar.
Our Guiding PrinciplesOur magic formula is You + They + Me = We Meet Chris Guillot
As a retail professional & educator with over 23 years of experience, I've balanced operating multi-million dollar businesses (inside of Nordstrom, Gap Inc., Anthropologie, Estée Lauder, J. Crew, and more) and educating up-and-coming retailers on how to sell products profitably.
Since 2012, I've helped over 2,500 product-based business owners without big budgets or large teams apply retail marketing, inventory management, and emotional intelligence to improve their profits. I'm glad you're here. It wouldn't be the same without you! |