5 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Calling all manufacturing and wholesale friends, this episode is for you! Today I’m joined by Stephanie McTigue, owner of CoFi Leathers and a busy mom who has built an incredible brand of women’s leather handbags and sneakers. We’re going behind the scenes to hear how she built not just a beautiful brand, but also a sustainable one.
Listen in as Stephanie shares what it means to be a sustainable brand in today’s day and age, how she ensures that her product quality is always second to none, and why she believes that there is room for everyone in the industry to be successful. We also dive into the story behind the brand and talk about how Stephanie approaches being successful in both business and family life.
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0:00.0 | All right, calling all of my manufacturing and I want to build a wholesale brand friends. |
0:06.5 | This episode is for you. I love hearing this story from my friend Stephanie, the founder of Kofi Leathers. |
0:12.5 | I have known Stephanie and Kofi for quite a while now since, man, early project days when the |
0:19.0 | boutique hub got started. I always fell in love with her boots |
0:22.3 | and her sneakers. So today we're bringing you behind the scenes to hear how she built this brand, |
0:27.0 | how she's built not just a beautiful brand that's carried in so many boutiques, but a sustainable |
0:31.3 | brand on top of it. And what is being sustainable in today's day and age actually mean |
0:36.4 | and look like? I really love this |
0:38.2 | conversation because we're also wrapping in this conversation around things that are made in America |
0:43.0 | or price points of more sustainable or handmade goods and how any boutique of any size, |
0:49.3 | no matter what type of things you carry, can actually find success in this category as well. |
0:54.1 | I overall think that so |
0:56.2 | many different silos, I'll call them, of our industry, whether it's home and gift or apparel, |
1:02.0 | or items that are a little bit higher price point or fast fashion. There's just so much overlap today |
1:07.5 | and there's room for everyone to be successful, testing and trying all different |
1:11.8 | categories. So I hope you love this conversation and meeting Stephanie. She's an awesome, |
1:16.4 | busy mom who has built a tremendous brand. Get ready to meet my friend, Steph, the founder of |
1:22.6 | Kofi Leathers. Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works, |
1:33.0 | from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main Street and the entire ecosystem behind it. |
1:38.0 | How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness that we all seek? |
1:42.7 | Let's hear from those insiders, experts, |
1:44.8 | and strategists that actually make it happen. I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique |
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