About Us

Introduction

Chichester was started in 1992 by Paul Crosby as a part-time hobby business exporting Native American arts and crafts from Canada to the United States. Throughout the years, we have grown into an importer, exporter, distributor, and retailer with offices in both Canada and the United States. Our primary market is the United States, where we distribute an array of products from our warehouses in Niagara Falls, New York and Antwerp, New York. Our main product lines include the following items:

Rabbit Skins, Furs, Hides, Skins, and Antlers

Craft Supplies, Beads, Buttons, Shells, and Driftwood

Leather Bags, Fur Hats, and Fur Accessories

Cow Skins, Sheep skin Rugs, and Fur Rugs and Pillows

Trading Post Goods

Native American Arts and Crafts

Dinosaur Products

Gallery Quality Art

African Arts and Crafts

Curiosities and exotica

Some of our customers include museums, gift shops, trading posts, theme parks, catalog retailers, manufacturers, crafts people, museum exhibit suppliers, interior designers, movie set decorators, costume designers, and collectors. We have engaged in drop shipments around the world, for example, we have shipped from Morocco to Slovakia, Finland to China, Spain to Brazil and Mexico, South Africa to Canada, and Canada to China, etc. We ship everything from a small box with a single item to 40-foot ocean containers.

Also read about How Chichester Serves the Movie Business around the World.

Where We Have Done Business Around the World

Chichester regularly imports from more than 30 countries and exports to about 40 in a typical year. The following list shows all places that we have done business over the years. Chichester staff visit new countries every year to source our products. In a typical year, Paul Crosby will do business on four or five continents with a busy year including North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. As of July 2023, Paul has done 260 intercontinental trips, crossed the Atlantic ocean 136 times, the Arctic ocean 20 times, the Pacific ocean 22 times, made 25 trips to various countries in Africa, 8 trips to the Caribbean, 5 trips to Central America, 9 trips to South America, and has pursued business in 89 countries. We see suppliers and customers in person. We know the world!

In the list below, an asterisk (*) indicates one or more personal visits to the country or region.

Albania*
Andorra*
Antarctica, McMurdo Station
The Arctic*
Argentina*
Aruba*
Australia*
Austria*
The Bahamas*
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium*
Belize*
Brazil*
British Virgin Islands*
Bulgaria
Canada*
- Alberta*
- British Colombia*
- New Brunswick*
- Nova Scotia*
- Manitoba*
- Ontario*
- Prince Edward Island*
- Quebec*
- Saskatchewan*
- Newfoundland* and Labrador*
- Northwest Territories*
- Nunavut
- Yukon*
Cayman Islands
Chile*
China*
Colombia*
Costa Rica*
Croatia*
Czech Republic*
Denmark*
Dominican Republic*
Ecuador*
El Salvador*
England*
Egypt*
Estonia
Ethiopia*

Finland*
France*
French Guiana*
Germany*
Gibraltar*
Greece*
Greenland
Guatemala*
Haiti*
Hong Kong*
Hungary*
Iceland*
India*
- Delhi*
- Kerala*
- Tamil Nadu*
- Uttar Pradesh*
Ireland*
Israel*
Italy*
Jamaica*
Japan*
Kosovo*
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lesotho*
Liechtenstein*
Luxemburg*
Madagascar*
Malaysia
Martinique*
Mexico*
Macao*
Moldova*
Monaco*
Mongolia*
Morocco*
Namibia*
The Netherlands*
New Zealand*
North Macedonia*
Norway*
Pakistan
Panama*
Paraguay*

Peru*
The Philippines
Poland*
Portugal*
Romania*
Russia
Saudi Arabia*
Scotland*
Serbia*
Singapore*
Slovakia*
South Korea*
Spain*
Sweden*
Switzerland*
South Africa*
- Eastern Cape*
- Free State*
- Guateng*
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Limpopo
- Mpumalanga
- North West*
- Northern Cape*
- Western Cape*
Taiwan
Thailand*
Transnistria*
Turkey*
Ukraine*
United Arab Emirates*
- Dubai*
United States*
- Alabama*
- Alaska*
- Arizona*
- Arkansas*
- California*
- Colorado*
- Connecticut*
- Delaware*
- Florida*
- Georgia*
- Hawaii
- Idaho

United States* continued
- Illinois*
- Indiana*
- Iowa*
- Kansas*
- Kentucky*
- Louisiana
- Maine*
- Maryland*
- Massachusetts*
- Michigan*
- Minnesota*
- Mississippi*
- Missouri*
- Montana*
- Nebraska*
- Nevada*
- New Hampshire*
- New Jersey*
- New Mexico*
- New York*
- North Carolina*
- North Dakota*
- Ohio*
- Oklahoma*
- Pennsylvania*
- Rhode Island*
- South Carolina*
- South Dakota*
- Tennessee*
- Texas*
- Utah*
- Vermont*
- Virginia*
- Wisconsin*
- Wyoming*
- District of Columbia*
- Guam
- Puerto Rico*
- U.S. Virgin Islands*
Uruguay*
Vietnam*
Wales*
Zimbabwe*

Canadian Staff

It's nice to be able to put a face to the name. The pictures below include some of the people who you are likely to deal with at Chichester.

Paul Crosby
President

Michelle Spencer
Vice President

Mike Gareri
Director, Sales & Marketing

Elizabeth Betsch
Product Development

Tracey Li
Manager of Sales Operations

Mike Sansano
E-Commerce Manager

Eric Goodwin
Office Assistant

Summer Siddiqi
Cataloging Assistant

Join Our Team

We are always looking for talented individuals who are interested in a career-track opportunity with our company. Right now, we are actively looking for the following positions:

Sales Manager

If you are interested in pursuing opportunities with our company, please send a note with your resume to careers@chichesterinc.com.

Thank you!

Thank you for checking us out. We hope we will be able to serve you!