How this Fashion Brand Made Millions by Going All-In on DTC (#91)
Jim is joined by Alessandra Perez-Rubio and Louisa Rechter, founders of the incredibly successful fashion brand Mestiza. They talk about the unique pivot they made during the pandemic where they went all-in on D2C.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE
- What is Mestiza
- Getting through the trough of sorrow
- Pushing through failures
- Going from wholesale to D2C
- Leveraging data to make informed decisions
- Iterating flagship product
- Tactics for growth in fashion
- The value of direct customer feedback
- How to sustain a business partnership
- Being a business owner with kids
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