Mercantil is a Mexican FF&E procurement and furniture sourcing agency working with artisans and workshops across Mexico and Latin America. Founded by interior designer Hillary Kent, it manages complete furniture, fixtures and equipment packages for hospitality and luxury residential projects, from specification and prototyping through production, quality control, logistics and installation. Offices are in Mexico City, Todos Santos in Baja California Sur and Miami.
Mexico (Mexico City)
Website: https://themercantil.com
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Mercantil is a sourcing and procurement agency for furniture, fixtures and equipment, based in Mexico with offices in Mexico City, Todos Santos in Baja California Sur and Miami. The company was founded by Hillary Kent, who also runs an interior design studio of the same name, and it works directly with artisans and workshops across Mexico and Latin America rather than through catalogues or trading intermediaries. Our take: this is a specialist rather than a generalist. The work is custom furniture and complete FF&E packages for hospitality projects, restaurants, beach clubs, branded residences and luxury homes, with delivery and installation included in the scope. Mercantil states that its workshop network covers more than 450 makers, from single one-off pieces to full resort packages. The profile suits interior designers, architects, developers and hotel operators who need someone on the ground in Mexico. Buyers of standard consumer goods, electronics or apparel will find little here, and because the agency does not publish fees, designers should agree early whether the engagement is a sourcing fee, a procurement mark-up or a design-led package, and how product liability and installation defects are handled.
Mercantil does not publish prices or a fee model. Expect a project-based arrangement, which for FF&E work can be a sourcing fee, a procurement mark-up on product cost, or a combined design and sourcing package. Clarify before committing how product cost, freight, duties, installation and any mark-up are invoiced.
Mercantil sources and procures custom furniture and complete FF&E packages for hospitality and luxury residential projects in Mexico and Latin America. It connects designers, architects and developers with workshops and artisans, and manages the project from specification and prototyping through production, logistics and installation.
The company has a Mexico City office on Avenida Revolucion, an office in Todos Santos in Baja California Sur, and a Miami office in the United States. Contact details and addresses for all three locations are published on its website.
Mercantil was founded by Hillary Kent, an interior designer who also runs the Hillary Kent interior design studio. The company developed out of her own need for direct access to authentic Mexican makers rather than catalogue supply.
No fee schedule is published. The commercial model is project-based, and in FF&E work that usually means a sourcing or procurement fee, potentially combined with a mark-up on product cost. Agree the model, the invoicing basis and who carries installation risk in writing before design work starts.
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