Case studies

Real brands. Real numbers. Profitable growth.

A look at how we think — diagnosing what each brand actually needs, then building the strategy to get there. Some brands we've advised; others we've operated in-house. Brands are anonymized; every figure is real.

Details anonymized at our clients' and partners' preference. Specific brands shared on request.

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FootwearForecasting + Media StrategyMeta + GoogleUS

Premium women's footwear brand

An established premium footwear brand wanted to scale aggressively — without falling into the trap of pouring money into paid media and watching efficiency and margin collapse. We built the growth forecast and the spend strategy to hit their targets, beat plan in year one, and grew revenue from $7.4M to $13.5M in two years while blended efficiency stayed strong.

Engaged since: Early 2023Relationship: Advisory / consultingScope: Forecasting & media/spend strategy
+82%
Revenue growth
$7.4M → $13.5M over two years
7.8+
MER held at scale
Efficiency protected as spend grew ~80%
+10.6%
Above forecast
Beat the growth plan in year one

The Starting Point

An established premium footwear brand with healthy demand but no financial model tying ad spend to its growth ambitions.

Leadership wanted to scale meaningfully but was wary of the classic trap — spending harder and watching efficiency and margin erode. Paid media was being run by an agency with no P&L-level plan guiding how much to invest, or when.

What We Did

  • Built the growth forecast — a bottoms-up model tying revenue targets to the spend required to hit them, with efficiency guardrails.
  • Set the spend strategy — defined how much to invest by channel and period to grow without breaching MER and margin thresholds.
  • Directed execution — steered the paid-media agency against the plan rather than leaving spend to guesswork.
  • Leaned into demand peaks — concentrated budget in the highest-efficiency windows and pulled back in headwinds.

The Full Results

  • +38% revenue in 2023 ($7.4M → $10.2M) — beating forecast by 10.6%.
  • +33% revenue in 2024 (to $13.5M) — beating plan again.
  • +82% over two years on +81% spend — revenue grew faster than spend.
  • MER held at 7.8+ throughout the ramp — efficiency never sacrificed for growth.
Starting point: $7.4M revenue Channels: Meta + Google Scope: Forecasting + media strategy Discuss your brand
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Hair & BeautyForecasting + Growth StrategyMeta + GoogleUS

Founder-led hair brand

A founder-led brand with an exceptional organic following was running too efficiently — a 15.9 MER meant it was starving its own growth. We reframed the goal from protecting efficiency to maximizing absolute profit, and built the plan to get there: scaling spend from ~$860K to $2.4M to grow the business from $13.7M to over $20M, while still finishing at a highly profitable 8.4 MER.

Engaged since: Early 2023Relationship: Advisory / consultingScope: Growth strategy & forecasting
$20M+
Revenue reached
Up from $13.7M in 2022
+47%
Revenue growth
Two-year, while scaling spend ~3×
8.4
MER at scale
Highly profitable, by design

The Starting Point

A founder-led hair brand with a huge organic social presence and loyal demand — doing $13.7M at a remarkable 15.9 MER.

But that sky-high efficiency was a symptom, not a trophy: the brand was dramatically under-invested in paid media, leaving substantial growth and absolute profit on the table. The founder wanted to grow but feared that spending more would ruin her efficiency.

What We Did

  • Reframed the goal — from protecting MER to maximizing absolute profit; a lower MER at much higher volume makes far more money.
  • Built the growth plan — forecast the revenue achievable and the spend required to unlock it, with a healthy-efficiency floor.
  • Scaled spend deliberately — grew paid investment ~2.8× across Meta and Google, matched to demand.
  • Protected profitability — kept efficiency in a strong range so growth stayed highly profitable throughout.

The Full Results

  • $13.7M → $20M+ in revenue (2022 → 2024) — +47%.
  • Spend scaled ~2.8× (~$860K → $2.4M) to capture the upside.
  • Finished at 8.4 MER — down from an over-efficient 15.9, exactly as planned.
  • Turned a demand-rich but under-invested brand into a materially larger, more profitable business.
Starting point: $13.7M revenue Channels: Meta + Google Scope: Growth strategy + forecasting Discuss your brand
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Menswear ApparelIn-house operating roleEcommerce + Paid MediaUS

Heritage menswear brand

A 70-year-old heritage menswear brand needed to grow its ecommerce channel and fix its profitability at the same time. Leading the channel in-house, we grew revenue +26% — nearly double the US ecommerce market — while transforming the P&L: improving direct margin +68% and EBITDA +158% through disciplined spend, less discounting, and bringing costly functions in-house.

Period: 2019–2020Relationship: In-house operating role (led ecommerce & growth)
+158%
EBITDA improvement
A full profitability turnaround
+68%
Direct margin
Fixed the unit economics
+26%
Revenue growth
vs +14% for US ecommerce

The Starting Point

A beloved 70-year-old heritage menswear brand with a valuable name but an underperforming, unprofitable ecommerce operation.

Growth had stalled, the channel leaned heavily on discounting, and marketing spend wasn't tied to profitability. The mandate: grow the top line and make ecommerce actually make money.

What We Did

  • Rebuilt P&L discipline — renegotiated agency contracts, cut underperforming initiatives, and reduced reliance on discounting.
  • Brought functions in-house — produced and scaled video advertising end-to-end, from shoots to editing, without an agency.
  • Refocused spend on acquisition — shifted budget toward new customers, lowering CPA/CAC and improving ROAS.
  • Grew efficiently — +24% new-customer growth against just +13% more ad spend.

The Full Results

  • +26% net revenue — nearly double the +14% US ecommerce market.
  • +68% direct margin improvement through cost discipline.
  • +158% EBITDA improvement — a full profitability turnaround.
  • Delivered the biggest revenue and profitability month in company history.
Focus: Profitability turnaround Channels: Ecommerce + Paid Media (in-house) Relationship: Operating role Discuss your brand
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