A Bit About Us
a.k.a. provides brands and founders access to expertise, partners, innovation and a network of fellow founders to drive accelerated growth and reach their full potential. We are committed to responsible fashion. We act with integrity, always, and embrace diversity in all we do.
EXPERTISE
We’re experts at accelerating growth and provide dedicated resources, processes, and know-how to brands that achieved outsized success in branding but require operational expertise to reach their full potential. We embrace a “growth mindset,” focused on innovation and learning. We learn as we go, from success, from failure, from each other and from the market. We provide expertise in the following areas.
/ Strategic Planning for Growth
/ Customer Acquisition & Retention
/ Merchandising, Sourcing & Production
/ Inventory Management & Planning
/ Digital Innovation & Tech Infrastructure
/ Fulfillment, Logistics & Customer Care
/ Finance, Accounting & Controls
/ Human Resources, Legal, Facilities
/ Channel & International Expansion
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Expertise
PARTNERS
As ecommerce retail experts, we stay on the forefront of innovation and emerging capabilities through best-in-class partners in the market. With decades of experience on our leadership team, we’ve built relationships throughout the industry.
Our brands gain a competitive advantage by leveraging our curated partner ecosystem to tap into what’s new and what’s next. We’ve tested and learned and selected the best to maintain a network of preferred partners. And, with the advantage of our group scale, we bring our brands better partner costs, service and speed.
There is power in numbers.
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Partners
INNOVATION
Our brands are redefining fashion. We are innovating new ways of inspiring customers reinventing operations. We are constantly testing, learning and innovating. Through our partnerships with technology providers, our brands remain at the forefront of digital innovation. Together with our partners, we test the latest digital capabilities with one brand and pass on the learnings as we rapidly deploy the enhancements across our other brands.
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Innovation
FELLOW FOUNDERS
As a group of leaders in the same industry, only different segments, our founders can and do, exchange valuable information. Best practices, lessons learned, influencer relationships, and cross-selling opportunities. Keeping good company most definitely has its benefits.
