Building the Future of Clothing and Unlocking Social Mobility — With Abe Burmeister Of Outlier
Loose Threads — Inside the new consumer economy
English - September 27, 2016 13:10 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsBusiness consumer fashion retail commerce beauty cpg consumer goods founders ceo interview retail stores Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On the seventh episode of the Loose Threads Podcast, I talk with Abe Burmeister, one of the founders of Outlier, a New York label that set out to build the future of clothing. What started as a brand aimed as casual urbanists who used bicycles as their primary method of transportation has morphed into a highly experimental, technical and refined menswear label. We had a great talk about the founding story of Outlier; how the brand planted the seed selling online and grew the business from there; the challenges of scaling a bootstrapped business; why they decided to start producing products in Portugal, in addition to the greater New York Area; how the brand dabbled in wholesale, but ultimately retreated, which ended up fueling the next phase of growth for the company; and the perils of managing a season-less brand without much time for vacation. Abe is an incredibly intelligent guy and it was a pleasure talking with him. We packed a lot into this episode and I hope you enjoy. Also, Outlier's clothes are immensely comfortable, just saying. — Show Notes — http://outlier.nyc — About Loose Threads — Exploring the future of fashion, technology and commerce, by Richie Siegel. http://loosethreads.xyz Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/buLQY9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/loosethreadsxyz