Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2024

How Papier made a name for itself across the pond Papier was originally launched in 2015 by chief executive officer and founder Taymoor Atighetchi. By 2022, the company had secured US$50 million in funding to drive its US expansion, a market that accounts for about 40 per cent of the brand’s sales.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 31, 2023

The most famous exit of all time is when Target abandoned 133 stores in 2015 after failing to make the model work after only two years in Canada. Why should a brand sell wholesale when it can sell directly to its customers? This has resulted in many luxury brands lessening their reliance on wholesale accounts like Nordstrom.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Previously only available for Amazon’s first-party products and those of its retail vendors (which have a more traditional, wholesale-style relationship with the company), this represents a huge expansion given that FBA sellers account for the majority of the products sold on Amazon in both the U.S. and Canada.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here, Clarke reflects on how the SA1NT business has evolved since 2015, and the opportunities that are present in the recovery space. IR: Can you share your business journey from Sa1nt Moto in 2015, including the evolution that occurred from motorcycle wear? Are there plans for stand-alone stores, a wholesale presence and so on?

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Nearly 200 suppliers pitched their products to KeHE’s Category Management team, who chose a whopping 20 brands to add to their assortment. In 2015, Carol Vanegas-Schuster, CEO of Got Paella LLC, a first-generation Latina college graduate, and her husband Ben, born of German parents and raised in Spain, started their dream business.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We decided this is an area we want to be present in as a brand, we want to up our game,” said Erin Longin, general manager of Puma’s running and training business unit. “We In 2015 Rihanna’s Fenty Creeper sold out three hours after launch and then went on to win sneaker of the year. Focus on wholesale.

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Store Growers

MAY 16, 2019

Started in 2015 by two former Warby Parker executives, the company has truly disrupted an industry. In the short time since its inception, they’ve managed to oust a 100-year-old competitor to become the market leader in the luggage space. Samsonite sells most of its product wholesale. Samsonite is second at 11%.

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