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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

The eyeglass retailer famously disrupted the market for prescription eyeglasses with a slick website and a try-before-you-buy from home program which captured the hearts of millions of customers. One of the drags on profits for most direct-to-consumer retailers is advertising expenses. Warby Parker spent $43.3 million and $58.5

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The Growth Strategy Behind Goop, a Brand Owned by Gwyneth Paltrow

Indigo 9 Digital

But over more than a decade Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand has grown from a weekly newsletter into an eCommerce, media and events empire valued at $250 million in 2018. By 2018 goop had over 8 million subscribers. Paradoxically, going into a crowded market can feel easier. Entering a niche market is much scarier.

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How Away Uses Google Ads (Case Study)

Store Growers

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. They turned profitable in 2017 and made $150 million in 2018 selling 500,000 suitcases.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 314 – Lovesac Founder and CEO Shawn Nelson

Retail Geek

Podcast about e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. 5:32] E-commerce and digital marketing obviously but it’s watchable and changeable, and movable and it can be with you the rest of your life that that led us to a whole design philosophy that now. [5:42]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 268 – Amazon Prime Day Recap with ChannelAdvisor CEO David Spitz

Retail Geek

Amazon Prime day was launched in 2015 to celebrate Amazon’s 20th anniversary, and has become a world-wide summer shopping event. The length of the event has been slowly expanding since 2015, so it is now two days long. David: [4:11] Yeah absolutely so I’ve been a techie my whole life studied computer science and I was.

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