What's driving Valentine's Day retail change? In 2025, consumers are transforming this $27.5 billion gifting season beyond traditional roses and chocolates. Galentine's Day now celebrates self-love, friendship, and thoughtfully chosen gifts. 

For ecommerce brands preparing for this peak season, Clearco's Receipt Funding and Invoice Funding solutions help manage inventory, marketing, and operational costs. Our featured brands showcase how strategic funding enables businesses to deliver exceptional Valentine's experiences.

Why Choose Luxury Home Decor for Valentine's Day?

As gifting preferences grow, consumers are gravitating toward presents with lasting impact. With the global ecommerce home and garden products industry projected to increase by $30,189.84M during 2023-2027 at a CAGR of 10.53%, luxury home items have emerged as standout choices for those seeking to create meaningful spaces and memories that extend beyond the holiday season.

Thompson Ferrier

Founded by Raffi Arslanian, Thompson Ferrier creates lifestyle pieces where fragrance and fashion meet. Their collections include the popular Buddha, Elephant, and Sagano Bamboo designs. Each craft is hand-molded by trained artisans using carefully selected materials inspired by nature.

Arslanian designed the brand's vessels. He brings three decades of design experience and multiple visionary awards to the creation process. A second-generation fragrance brand builder, Arslanian worked on YSL's Opium and Calvin Klein's Obsession. Now, he collaborates with world-renowned perfumers to curate each fragrance.

Through strategic funding from Clearco, Thompson Ferrier has achieved remarkable growth. "'With Invoice Funding, we can create a 20% increase in sales volume which creates 40% additional net profit,' shares Raffi Arslanian, Owner of Thompson Ferrier," shares Raffi Arslanian. 

Bloomist

Founded in 2018, Bloomist transforms everyday living spaces through its nature-inspired home decor collection. The brand partners with over 90 artisans worldwide for production. These partnerships ensure fair compensation and connect small-batch makers with sustainable suppliers. They offer dried botanicals, EcoFaux plants, and artisan-crafted goods, like brass frogs, from Indian artisans.

With Clearco's financial support, Bloomist has expanded its product lines and moved through key business transitions. Co-founder and CEO Michael Zung noted, "Clearco’s non-dilutive funding was exactly what we needed—no liens, no collateral, no personal guarantees. Just the support we needed, exactly when we needed it." Their success attracted high-profile brand evangelists like Kourtney Kardashian's Poosh, Bobby Berk, Emily Henderson, and Joanna Gaines.

The brand's commitment to sustainability shapes every aspect of its business, from environmentally responsible production to eco-safe packaging. Since gaining full control in 2022, it has successfully expanded into the wholesale market through platforms like Faire. Its unique products have become favorites among upscale floral shops and event planners across North America.

How Are Wellness Gifts Transforming Self-Care?

Valentine's season offers a great excuse to pamper loved ones - or yourself - with gifts that promote well-being and relaxation. More shoppers now gravitate toward presents that encourage daily moments of self-care and create healthy routines. They are moving beyond traditional gifts to items that make everyday wellness special.

Blume

Founded by sisters Bunny and Taran after their own struggles with acne and sensitive skin, Blume focuses on creating gentle, clean-certified skincare products. It has earned prime shelf space at Sephora and ULTA for its innovative wellness products. In fact, they carry their products as part of their Conscious Beauty collection.

Through strategic funding from Clearco, Blume successfully scaled their digital marketing and influencer campaigns while maintaining healthy cash flow during challenging economic periods. "The most compelling factor about Clearco is the simplicity, the speed, and the fact we don't have to give up any equity—it’s a really important aspect for Founders," notes Bunny Ghatrora, Co-Founder & COO of Blume.

Working with top labs in North America, Blume prioritizes formula development over packaging to deliver value to customers while maintaining their focus on sensitive and acne-prone skin. Through Clearco's funding, the brand strengthened its supply chain management, stocked more inventory, and developed new products. These investments helped the company adapt to shifting consumer demands while growing its store footprint.

The brand now serves over 500,000 customers, and a portion of proceeds supports Days for Girls, an organization that provides period education and resources globally. Its successful expansion into major retail locations demonstrates how strategic funding can help purpose-driven brands scale while maintaining their core mission.

Clean Mama

In 2009, Becky Rapinchuk founded Clean Mama, a blog about natural, eco-friendly cleaning solutions. After years of sharing cleaning tips online, she launched her own product line, driven by her search for natural yet effective cleaning products.

"I was sharing products and affiliate links, but none of them were 100% what I wanted to use," explains Rapinchuk. The project led her to develop a range of non-toxic, eco-friendly products made in small batches in the USA. The brand has since sold over 100,000 units of these sustainable cleaning solutions.

Clean Mama's success stems from its founder's commitment to transparency and practicality. The company's products are safe and effective, with no hidden ingredients.

As Rapinchuk notes, "Everything is safe and non-toxic—no rubber gloves required!" Featured at Clearco's Fashionably Funded NYC Cocktail Hour at Fashion Week, Clean Mama continues to demonstrate how sustainable cleaning products can save you money.

What Makes Gourmet Gifts Special?

Food gifts take on new meaning when quality and craftsmanship are involved. In 2024, the global food and beverage market climbed to $85.25 billion, as online sales rose 20.7%. Premium food and beverage brands continue to find fresh paths toward growth, and increasing sales have made premium food gifts more accessible to shoppers.

Meat N' Bone

Founded by Luis E. Mata and Gabriel LLaurado, Meat N' Bone delivers premium-quality meats and specialty foods directly to consumers. As a leading U.S. Wagyu retailer, it sources directly from select Japanese farms.

The company leverages Clearco funding for 10-20% of its inventory annually, doubling this during peak holiday seasons. "Our infrastructure can support double or triple our current growth without significant investment aside from inventory and people to fulfill inventory," notes Gabriel LLaurado, Co-Founder & CMO.

Their curated selection includes premium-quality meat, fish, dairy, wine, charcuterie, and cheese. The company partners with select farms, runs five boutique stores, and ships nationwide. The founder, Luis, learned USDA standards and worked with farmers globally to master meat quality factors.

Material Kitchen

Material Kitchen brings high-quality kitchen essentials crafted with attention to both form and function. Their products include knives and cookware designed 100% in-house and backed by a lifetime guarantee. Their copper pan earned a spot in Food & Wine's "Best Nonstick Pans of 2021." Its design combines quick, even heating with compatibility with induction cooktops. The pan, priced at $115.00, solves common cooking challenges by offering copper benefits without typical maintenance difficulties.

Material Kitchen is a performance-minded company founded by Eunice and Dave. They draw inspiration from their Korean and Vietnamese heritage, where food is a cultural connector. Their commitment to quality has earned recognition from Good Housekeeping, with the company winning its 2024 Kitchen Gear award. Material Kitchen also supports community initiatives, with over $184,772 donated to organizations at the intersection of food and underserved groups.

From Inspiration to Action

Clearco manages inventory, marketing, and operational costs for each featured brand. Thompson Ferrier's seasonal collections and Meat N' Bone's superior sourcing are examples of brands with strategic funding.

Discover how non-dilutive funding solutions can help your ecommerce brand prepare for Valentine's Day and beyond. With funding available in as little as 24 hours for eligible businesses, you can focus on what matters most—delighting your customers this gifting season.