Forever 21 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy AGAIN, closing all 350 U.S. stores sighting fierce competition from Shein & Temu. The de minimis import waiver, which allows these Chinese retail giants to bypass tariffs on cheap, is further crushing U.S. retailers and DTC brands.

I'm not in the condiment business, but I can still see how effective this strategy could be for my DTC brands. Solid inside tips, thank you Chris Lang

80k orders into TikTok Shop, here's what I've been surprised to learn. 1. Samples have only driven 7% of our TikTok Shop sales. 40% of orders come from product card. Of the 60% are driven by videos. Product card: Customers organically finding our product on TikTok. These

I love electric transportation. Everything from scooters to semis. Clean, efficient, quiet and reliable. youtube.com/shorts/4zZ2VML…

Bam - great insights!

With their $2B acquisition, Poppi's rebrand from Mother Beverage is undoubtedly one of the most successful rebrands of all time, which got me thinking... What other epic re-brands have we seen in CPG? RXBAR famously didn't catch on until they revamped into modern, simple

Spring is in the air - really proud of our marketing, creative, merchandising, production and product teams. It takes an army of the best to make what we do look easy.

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The risk of uncertainty creates certain risk.

Summer of discounts is coming. This message from MeUndies underscores what many brands are thinking. Should I take volume over profit?

The White House just updated the 321 Executive Order, now items sent through International Postal Mail get a tariff of 90% or $75 per item. The transportation company chooses if it's 90% or $75, but it has to be the same for all their shipments. This is just for Postal Mail.

China is home to around half of Amazon's sellers, with over 100,000 Amazon businesses registered in the southern city of Shenzhen alone, generating annual revenues of $35.3 billion, according to e-commerce services provider SmartScout. This is why we need to see the Section 321

It’s here – and yes, it’s really that light. ✨ The new Galaxy S25 Edge is our slimmest S Series phone yet. Packed with power, style and a 200MP camera that won’t weigh down your fit. Pre-order yours now.

Here's a F.02 in my home, using Helix to do my laundry

Just met with a company that ingests an influencer’s content into a conversational AI platform so followers can text one-on-one with that influencer’s AI chatbot and get responses in that influencer’s voice. What do you think? Would you want to do that? Which influencers if any?