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- ↑ “Fab Cofounder Bradford Shellhammer Is Launching Design Sales Site Bezar.” Fast Company.
- ↑ “Fab Cofounder Bradford Shellhammer is Launching Design Sales Site Bezar” Fast Company.
- ↑ Lu, Julia (May 1, 2015). "Bezar". Surface. p. 42. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ↑ “Flos for Bezar 2015 Summer Kelvin Table Lamp” Hypebeast
- ↑ “An Instagram for Design Lovers, Artworks for Sale from the Refinery29 Staff and an Airstream on a Boho Mission” New York Times' T Style Magazine
- ↑ “Bezar, Bradford Shellhammer’s Reimagined Fab.com, Goes Live Today.” TechCrunch.
- ↑ “Bezar Launches Designer Storefronts” Fast Company
- ↑ “After Fast Times at Fab.com, a Founder Starts Over Slowly.” Inc.
- ↑ “Fab Co-Founder Returns with Bezar” Dezeen.
- ↑ “Online Marketplace Bezar Has Been Acquired By AHAlife.” Fast Company
- ↑ “AHAlife Acquires Bradford Shellhammer’s Design Marketplace Bezar” TechCrunch
- ↑ “Bradford Shellhammer's Bezar acquired by online retailer AHAlife” Dezeen