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AYR co-founder Maggie Winter: For DTC brands, infinite triple-digit growth is a 'fallacy'
AYR, the direct-to-consumer brand for women’s apparel, has an origin story that sets it apart from the sea of other digitally native brands selling women’s clothing without the middleman. For its fir…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
The Dreslyn founder Brooke Taylor Corcia: 'Data needs to be taken with a grain of salt'
Brooke Taylor Corcia, the founder of online fashion and lifestyle store The Dreslyn, wanted to launch her own company to get a more accurate representation of West Coast fashion into the e-commerce l…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Bando founder Jen Gotch: 'Retail is better when everyone wins'
Bando, the e-commerce site selling kitschy office supplies and accessories designed for the Instagram generation, has struck a balance between mass and niche. The brand’s strong, mostly pink aestheti…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Former Amazon manager Elaine Kwon: 'There are a lot of things that are scary to brands about Amazon'
When Elaine Kwon realized just how much fashion and luxury brands don’t understand retail’s new digital world order, she started her own e-commerce management firm, Kwontified, to help them figure it…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
James LaForce: 'Social media isn't an extension of e-commerce'
James LaForce started his career hand-delivering printouts of press releases that highlighted the biggest news and best gossip from parties the night before. He would drop them off at the home of the…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
Designer Daniella Kallmeyer: 'The idea of a brand is either going to not exist entirely, or change completely'
Designer Daniella Kallmeyer got her first internship in the fashion industry when she handed Luca Luca designer Luca Orlandi her resume at age 15. She went on to more internships with brands includin…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
InStyle founding editor Hal Rubenstein: 'If you want to be everything to everybody, you are nothing to nobody'
Hal Rubenstein, one of the founding editors of InStyle magazine, joined the Glossy Podcast to discuss retail's "too much stuff" problem, the crime of athleisure and why he's skeptical of all influenc…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago