Podcast Episodes

‘A tide that lifts all boats’: Hims co-founder Joe Spector on entering the pet telehealth space with Dutch

Telemedicine has taken the human world by storm, and Joe Spector thinks the next frontier is pets.

Spector is the founder and CEO of Dutch, which offe…

4 years, 2 months ago

‘DTC is still our main focus’: Bearaby’s Kathrin Hamm on navigating online with retail partnerships

During the pandemic, most people sought comfort -- and many of them turned to weighted blankets.

Bearby, which makes knitted weighted blankets, saw sa…

4 years, 2 months ago

‘Chefs are the new athlete’: Made In’s Chip Malt on how the cookware brand taps culinary influencers

One of the ways direct-to-consumer cookware brand Made In has grown was through its connection with chefs.

“Chefs are the new athlete,” said co-founde…

4 years, 2 months ago

‘We don’t want to be everywhere’: Glasshouse Fragrances founder Nicole Eckels on its U.S. launch

After hitting it big in Australia, Glasshouse Fragrances is testing out the U.S. market.

The company makes luxury candles among other high-end product…

4 years, 3 months ago

‘Billion dollar brand’: Kids Foot Locker’s Jill Feldman on the retailer’s ambitions

Kids Foot Locker has big plans to be the number one shoe retailer for kids.

According to Jill Feldman, the vp and general manager of Kids Foot Locker,…

4 years, 3 months ago

‘Our goal was not just to bring oat milk to Brooklyn’: Oatly’s North America president on the brand’s growth plans

It’s 2021, and oat milk has become a mainstream phenomenon.

One brand leading that charge is Oatly. It’s a nearly-30-year-old Swedish company, but onl…

4 years, 3 months ago

'Basically profitable since day 1': Saatva co-founder Ricky Joshi on tackling the luxury mattress market

Over the last year and a half, people have increasingly invested in their homes. And mattress brand Saatva was able to capitalize that demand.

The ten…

4 years, 3 months ago

St-Germain’s Emma Fox on the growing apéritif market

It’s been an unpredictable year-plus for the spirits industry, as alcohol consumption shifted away from bars to the home and, now, slowly back to bar…

4 years, 3 months ago

‘Sometimes marketers get blinded’: Cuisinart’s Mary Rodgers on how the appliance brand stays current

Cuisinart is generally known for one thing -- its food processor -- but the company has been expanding its reach in the kitchen for decades.

In fact, …

4 years, 4 months ago

‘The perfect storm’: How Brunt is building a DTC apparel brand for trade worker

Eric Girouard hadn’t planned on launching his company during a pandemic, but that’s what ended up happening.

Girouard is the founder and CEO of Brunt …

4 years, 4 months ago