Ben Van Leeuwen, CEO & Co-Founder of @vanleeuwen; @nelliediamond, CEO and Founder of @hillhouse_home; Jess Jacobs, CEO of Coterie; and @MartinJDolfi, Founder and Managing Partner at Beliade Consumer Partners join us to discuss building brands people love at #Concordia25
My daughter and I wear a matching #NapDress every Easter and I look forward to it all year! Thank you @nelliediamond for making something simple and lovely. @HillHouse_Home https://t.co/1C43rLmxxc
Companies that feel authentic rather than “corporate” are the product of obsessive founders who treat marketing tone and copy as part of the brand voice and product experience. They obsessively micromanage it — writing themselves or insisting everyone else align with their taste.
Abercrombie & Fitch Q3 results:
💵 Total sales: +20.0%
🧥 Abercombie sales: +29.7%
👖 Hollister sales: +11.1%
📈 Net income: $96m v $2m loss LY
Holy wowzers! Stunning performance. Shows what a clear strategy with a team focused on products and the customer can deliver!
People always ask what my favorite non-LH portfolio company is and hands down, it’s @HillHouse_Home. @nelliediamond has built something incredibly special. Huge kuddos to them and happy #dropday to those who celebrate 👗
We just witnessed the first bank run in the age of social media. The sheer speed of withdrawals — $4.2 billion an hour on Thursday — is truly astounding.
A reluctant entrepreneur, @nelliediamond took a slow path to growth with her company @hillhouse_home— and it paid off. The home, accessory, and apparel company secured $20 million in funding to expand the brand’s fashion portfolio and eye international expansion. #MCPowerList
“I’m incredibly bullish on brick and mortar,” @hillhouse_home Founder @nelliediamond says on store expansion plans. “That [online] unboxing experience doesn’t feel romantic anymore, it doesn’t feel super exciting.”