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Jessica Schinazi

Jessica Schinazi

Sep 10, 2026

28:05
What made this the right time to strike there? Truly,
28:09
a lot of people are thinking about D2C as very black and white.
28:13
It's not.
28:14
D2C in the early 2010s was about that very, very clear and almost exclusive focus into building a very strong website, sometimes a couple of flagship anchors around it.
28:29
But that's not the full story.
28:31
The full story is it was that to serve talking to the customer directly.
28:37
And being direct to customer, I think, is not just about sending your products straight from an e-commerce website.
32:48
Is it also about the fact that, you know, this is a category where there's not a ton of repeat purchasing, so people don't always buy a new suitcase, right? Is that part of the strategy here to really stay top of mind to consumers?

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