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<p>Matthew Burrows didn't start Plant Material with a big budget, but through strategic inventory management and real-time tracking, he's built a three-location business growing 50% year-over-year. Today, the business competes against giants like Home Depot and Lowe's, taking pri ... Show More

<p>MiJa Books grew from a side project to a nearly $1M business by turning customer feedback into smart pivots, book fairs, and scalable systems.</p><p><a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog/mija-books-rewriting-the-business-of-books?utm_campaign=shopifymasters&utm_medium=youtube& ... Show More

<p>SET Active founder, Lindsey Carter has nailed a well-timed, high in demand, product drop. Now the team sells out millions worth of products in the matter of hours. In just seven years, she's built a celebrity-loved athletic wear brand that generates $1 million in under an hour ... Show More

<div>Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Tis the season. And by season I mean scented candle season. Nothing makes you feel more warm and cuddly than an apple cinnamon candle and a blanket. But what if I told you by burning that candle you’re doing the same amount of damage as j ... Show More

This week we're trying to talk about brands and cash grabs but keep getting distracted by candles!Hear us smell candles, enjoy candles and talk brands we are fed up with!Join in the conversation @thedoublecleansepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

When Matthew Herman quit his job in L.A.’s fashion industry to work full time on his brand, Boy Smells, he’d been pouring wax and formulating fragrances for candles in the evenings in his kitchen for more than a year. Since growing his brand into retail and direct-to-consumer sal ... Show More

Smell is a powerful sense that can evoke memories and spark emotional connections. And it's increasingly big business.In this programme, we lift the lid on the multi-billion dollar fragrance industry; finding out how scent can influence customer behaviour, build teams, and even h ... Show More

Twenty-five years ago, when Mei Xu emigrated from China to the U.S., she loved going to Bloomingdale's to gaze at their housewares. She eventually started making candles in her basement with Campbell's Soup cans, an experiment that led to the multi-million dollar company Chesapea ... Show More

<p>Lindsay Silberman is no stranger to being a guest at luxury hotels across the globe as a lifestyle blogger and former magazine editor covering travel and beauty for outlets like Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Elle Decor, and GQ. In 2020, she decided to bring t ... Show More

This week, the moms shed some light on the business of candles with the Director of TikTok's Creator Community, Kudzi Chikumbu. More commonly known by his alter ego Sir Candle Man, Chikumbu shares his insights on everything from the best scents to proper wick care. This episode i ... Show More

Twenty-five years ago, after Mei Xu emigrated from China to the U.S., she loved going to Bloomingdale's to gaze at their housewares. She eventually started making candles in her basement with Campbell's Soup cans, an experiment that led to the multi-million dollar company Chesape ... Show More

Kathleen King was 11 years old when she started baking cookies to sell at her family's farm stand on Long Island. After college, she opened a small bake shop, and eventually started selling her cookies to gourmet grocery stores in Manhattan. But after twenty years of running a sm ... Show More

Our story tonight is called Light a Candle and it’s a story about reminding each other about the light that lasts through the long nights of winter. It’s also about a busy kitchen full of family, cinnamon and walnuts, and a memory of something shared that felt very special.So get ... Show More