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Oct 2018
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Tom Chapman on Growing MatchesFashion

THE BUSINESS OF FASHION
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In episode six of BoF’s podcast series Drive, delivered by DHL, co-founder Tom Chapman reveals how he and his wife grew a single store into a global e-commerce business valued at over $1 billion.

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