Blake Ruddock

Italic is a contemporary brand that was born to challenge the conventional notion of luxury. Our tagline is “Luxury without labels” — we believe luxury should be defined by the quality of a product, not by a price tag or logo. We use the same manufacturers as top luxury brands with a direct-from-factory model to deliver true luxury quality for unparalleled value. Italic is headquartered in Los Angeles and partners with more than 60 manufacturers around the world. To learn more about Italic, please visit italic.com

Rooted in our 100-year family history in kitchen supply, we set out in 2017 to develop professional quality kitchen tools. We partnered with the best raw material providers and multi-generational, family-owned manufacturers in the U.S., France, and Italy to build superior kitchen products. Three years later, our kitchenware is used in multiple three-Michelin-star restaurants (such as Chicago’s Alinea and NYC’s Le Bernardin), is relied upon in countless other top-rated restaurants and hotel groups across America, receives five-star reviews from both press and customers, and has been honored with countless "best of" awards. Get in touch, wed love to hear from you.

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together. So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next-generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale. Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business and helping sellers worldwide do the same. Square is part of Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), a global technology company with a focus on financial services.

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Italic is a contemporary brand that was born to challenge the conventional notion of luxury. Our tagline is “Luxury without labels” — we believe luxury should be defined by the quality of a product, not by a price tag or logo. We use the same manufacturers as top luxury brands with a direct-from-factory model to deliver true luxury quality for unparalleled value. Italic is headquartered in Los Angeles and partners with more than 60 manufacturers around the world. To learn more about Italic, please visit italic.com

Rooted in our 100-year family history in kitchen supply, we set out in 2017 to develop professional quality kitchen tools. We partnered with the best raw material providers and multi-generational, family-owned manufacturers in the U.S., France, and Italy to build superior kitchen products. Three years later, our kitchenware is used in multiple three-Michelin-star restaurants (such as Chicago’s Alinea and NYC’s Le Bernardin), is relied upon in countless other top-rated restaurants and hotel groups across America, receives five-star reviews from both press and customers, and has been honored with countless "best of" awards. Get in touch, wed love to hear from you.

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