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While I don’t have a crystal ball, I do have 18 years invested in the entrepreneurial trenches. I’ve seen trends come and go, economies swell and constrain, and marketplaces both emerge and fade. While this is my first pandemic (a Girl Scout badge I’d rather none of us earn), I’ve been drawing on that experience…
It’s a post-Covid-19 world, and we are outlining 10 Ways Retail Could Change After the Pandemic. Remember when we could eat dinner in an elegant restaurant with an attentive waiter dutifully refilling our wine glasses when we got down to the last sip? Or when we gathered in stadiums for baseball games and gymnasiums for…
My clients are reporting that wholesale orders have slowed to an anemic trickle- many purchase orders have been canceled outright, and new inquiries have evaporated into thin air. Though we’ll be feeling the effects of the economic shutdown for many months to come, I fear that shopkeepers will be the hardest hit. Brands who attribute…
The COVID-19 pandemic has done a serious number on artisan businesses. We’ve been talking a lot about it on our blog. Most of the brands in the Lucky Break community are struggling with sudden cash flow crises, forced shop closures, and uncertainty about what’s coming next. While direct-to-consumer sales are continuing to limp along to…
Do you know how to responsibly execute a cosmetic product recall? There’s been some buzz recently in the clean beauty space after a well-respected, independent brand discovered that one of its most popular formulas isn’t stable. The development hit the airwaves last week, though the product has been beloved by editors and clean beauty fans…