by Anna Hensel | May 29, 2020 | dtcbriefing, plusbriefing, retail
Over the past two months, digitally native startups have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of store closures. Yes, many startups like Away and Rent the Runway were hammered, as appetite all for travel and high end fashion all but disappeared. Additionally,...
by Anna Hensel | May 22, 2020 | dtcbriefing, Media, plusbriefing
Over the past year, Facebook hasn’t been shy about its e-commerce ambitions. Last March, the company launched a beta of Instagram Checkout, where customers could buy products from participating retailers without leaving the Instagram app. In December, the company...
by Anna Hensel | May 15, 2020 | dtcbriefing, plusbriefing, retail
Arnaud Plas, CEO of custom hair care brand Prose, recently surveyed his roughly 125 employees about whether or not they would like to return to the office, hoping to get some clarity on what to do with the company’s offices in Paris and New York City. The results were...
by Anna Hensel | May 8, 2020 | dtcbriefing, Online Marketing, plusbriefing
Direct-to-consumer startups have been thinking for weeks about how and when they want to re-open their stores. But as the time has come to re-open locations in some states, no one has any better idea of what the right path forward is than they did six weeks ago. Last...
by Anna Hensel | May 1, 2020 | dtcbriefing, Media, plusbriefing
For Patrick Coddou, CEO of direct-to-consumer razor startup Supply, the worst week was in mid-March. During what Coddou describes as “hell week,” Supply reported its worst day of sales year-to-date. It was a great time for Coddou personally — later that month, he and...
