Mary Ann Domuracki was chosen by The Lead to moderate a panel, “ Taking Your Brand from $50 to $200 Million” at their Innovation Summit on Wednesday July 13, 2022, in Brooklyn, New York .Joining Mary Ann was an outstanding group of panelists including Charles Gorra, CEO and Founder, Rebag, John Merris, CEO & Director, Solo Brands, and Matt Van Horn, Co-Founder and President of June.

As the days of Facebook-led fast growth come to end, many D2C brands are looking for a sustainable growth blueprint. With hundreds of people in attendance, Mary Ann led a lively and highly engaging discussion which explored the journeys these digital-native brands have taken by successfully pivoting to realize growth during the pandemic and the navigation of Facebook’s /SEO changes. Looking to the future, Mary Ann elicited from the panelists how they are planning for the new unknown potentially recessionary environment all with the objective of becoming thriving brands with long-term staying power.

Merger and acquisition activity in the home space is being driven by the race to scale up and manage risk, according to Andy Postal, managing partner of MMG Advisors.

He sees two significant vulnerabilities for suppliers that in the home textiles sector doing $150 million to $350 million in annual wholesale volume.

Two-high profile luxury streetwear firms, Supreme International and Off-White, have garnered serious attention on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) front over the past few years, particularly as the industry is focused on the Covid-19 pandemic and its evolving aftermath.

In another financial Q&A series installment, Sourcing Journal caught up with Allan Ellinger, founder and senior managing partner of MMG Advisors, to get his take on where M&A activity is headed.

In a recent On the Ground video, Andy Postal, managing partner at MMG Advisors, said though his firm is a “big believers in convergence,” deals that are beneficial to both traditionalists and DTCs alike are difficult to achieve as they often don’t see eye to eye on one big point: valuation.

Allan Ellinger, founder and senior managing partner of MMG Advisors, sees the current market as ripe for making acquisitions.

Andrew D. Postal, managing partner of MMG Advisors Inc., discusses the state of M&A trends in the retail and fashion apparel market.

For founders of undercapitalised, unprofitable DTC brands, partnering with a strategic player earlier than anticipated is a success, not a failing, argues Matt Kaden.

Allan Ellinger, Co-Founder of MMG, discusses how retailers are restructuring in order to survive the pandemic.

In this guest editorial, Allan Ellinger implores the entire fashion and retail community to unite in support of Delivering Good's mission. Companies are donating new product to help people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, we need the rest of the fashion industry ecosystem to step up with the same spirit of generosity and help cover the costs of shipping those donated goods.

Mary Ann Domuracki discusses how in the Covid-19 era, we must reexamine every norm in order to pave the way for prolonged success.

In this guest editorial, Allan Ellinger contemplates how the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate a number of business trends that we’ve been watching for the past few years.

In this article, Andy Postal stimulates consideration of supply chain issues as companies conduct plans for reopening their businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

For this podcast episode featuring Matt Kaden, Anne Marie Stephen and Rob Sanchez, MouthMedia partnered with Macerich to hold a roundtable discussion about DTC-first brands and physical retail spaces.

Matt Kaden spotlights future front-runners in fashion and retail in his recurring quarterly column for The Lead. This quarter, he features Costa Brazil, Summersalt and Camp.

Matt Kaden spotlights future front-runners in fashion and retail in his recurring quarterly column for The Lead. This quarter, he features Neighborhood Goods and The Citizenry.

Matt Kaden spotlights future front-runners in fashion and retail in his recurring quarterly column for The Lead. This quarter, he features KOIO, Grailed and Hatch.

Matt Kaden joined MouthMedia’s Marc Raco, Rob Sanchez and Nataliya Makulova for this podcast episode to discuss the current retail landscape and why brands and retailers must evolve to stay relevant.

Matt Kaden spotlights future front-runners in fashion and retail in his recurring quarterly column for The Lead. This quarter, he features Rothy’s, Baboon and AYR.

For this Q&A, Allan Ellinger spoke with Sourcing Journal about how the retail landscape is likely to continue to change, how companies can best navigate through transitions and the importance of starting to plan long before a sale or succession becomes necessary.

In Allan Ellinger’s guest editorial, he warns fashion and retail CEOs and business owners that if they don’t deal with their company’s future now, the market will.