Thakoon’s business restructuring is a blow to see-now-buy-now

Thakoon Panichgul, designer of his eponymous line Thakoon, made the leap to a direct-to-consumer business model in September. The bet aligning his collections with an in-season schedule would mean to get new items to customers faster. As soon as they saw his new designs on the runway, they could shop them at Thakoon stores and on the brand’s website. The wholesale middleman was cut out entirely.

Turns out, he might have moved too fast.

More in Marketing

In graphic detail: The numbers making the case for what holdcos could be

What the data says about the CMO-agency relationship — and none of it is comfortable.

TikTok Search Ads

TikTok rebrands its advertiser pitch around full-funnel ambition

The company’s latest business campaign aims to make the point that the app sees itself as a top tier platform for advertisers, where the full funnel can happen within one experience.