E-Commerce Marketplace Aggregators Are Hot On Thrasio’s Heels As Companies Raise $2.3B
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E-Commerce Marketplace Aggregators Are Hot On Thrasio’s Heels As Companies Raise $2.3B
The optics of successful liquidity events for Blue Nile, Zullily, Chewy and Zappos, and the incredible traction in the 2000s of The GAP as a public vertical consumer brand established meaningful consumer business outcomes. These potential to repeat history through a new crop of Direct to Consumer upstarts paired well with the pent up venture... See more
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But for now – there is not a lot of capital in the space, and many of these sellers cannot keep up with their own growth. The easiest way to get de-ranked is by running out of inventory, but a business that can’t get financed, is fully bootstrapped, and that is growing quickly (with holiday season volatility) will struggle to procure inventory... See more
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