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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

We will need to generate and sustain increased revenue and manage our costs to achieve profitability. That is significantly higher than what companies typically spend on sales and marketing. Take department store Kohl’s, last year its marketing costs were only 4.9% Most recently Warby Parker lost $110.4 of revenue.

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

Retail Geek

And it was really when we purged all that stuff around 2015, seeing the Caspers of the world emerge and Warby Parker’s and even Tesla with their showrooms. We don’t have any wholesale. So what does it even mean?