In the new position, Isaacs will be leading Quince's global brand strategy, positioning and storytelling, and is tasked with deepening the San Francisco-based startup's emotional relationship with consumers. Quince has scaled rapidly since its founding in 2018, with sales having doubled to over $700 million last year. But the $4.5 billion company has struggled to shrug off its reputation as a dupe maker.
When you think of Bed Bath & Beyond, you don't necessarily think mortgage or home equity. And I think that actually is a big testament to Figure and the way that we brought this concept of embedded mortgage and this broader notion of embedded finance. I think buy now, pay later is a great example of embedded finance, where you have finance companies that are specialists in what they do, and they kind of embed themselves inside of a retailer.
Many entrepreneurs launch beauty startups because they see a glaring gap in the market. It's only after they've formulated their products and launched them that they learn how incredibly difficult it is to turn a profit as a beauty business. That wasn't the case for Tisha Thompson, founder of LYS (short for Love Yourself), a clean cosmetics brand that is inclusive to all skin tones.
For her birthday, my mom wants a mixed-metal bracelet made with sterling silver and gold, and I set a budget of $400. Etsy sounded like a good place to find unique handmade jewelry for her gift. So, I followed my chatbot's instructions by simply asking it to "show me handmade silver and gold bracelets on Etsy. It asked for more details, such as my budget and style preference. It then pulled up a list of seven options available on Etsy.
So when Abercrombie CEO Fran Horowitz, previously president of A&F's sister brand Hollister, went about repairing the parent company in 2017, she had her work cut out for her. As detailed in a Fortune feature in 2022, she dropped her predecessors' command-and-control way of managing the company in favor of letting the rank and file have more input. She raised the quality of the clothing and, crucially, decided to eschew chasing trends.
