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Adastria

“Can a multi-brand Japanese fashion retailer extend its customer ecosystem into digital resale and embedded payments to drive incremental revenue and loyalty?”

HQJapan
IndustryE-commerce / Retail
The story

Adastria is a Japanese fashion retail group operating multiple apparel brands (including niko and..., studio CLIP). The company has expanded into digital commerce and secondhand/resale marketplaces, selecting Stripe Connect to power marketplace payment flows. The embedded finance footprint is nascent and primarily centers on payments infrastructure for its e-commerce and resale platform.

Last 12 months
2024
Product timeline
2014
Adastria (then operating under Adastria Holdings) shared customer personal information across group companies including Trinity Arts and N9&PG for loyalty and e-commerce purposes.· pivot
2024
Adastria Group selected Stripe to power its secondhand marketplace, adopting Stripe Connect for marketplace payment flows.· banking
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Adastria’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe Connectstripe
Accounting gap: none

Adastria — frequently asked

Who is Adastria's payment processor?

Adastria processes payments through Stripe Connect and stripe.

Where is Adastria headquartered?

Adastria is headquartered in Japan.

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