Holly Thaggard
12 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2020 by Holly Thaggard · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Jun 8, 2020
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Mass sunscreen brands relied on oxybenzone purely to keep costs down
“What I learned was oxybenzone is not the only way, it's the most inexpensive way. And again, going back to most SPF was a mass product, and mass products are, you know, as inexpensive as possible. It turned out that there was a counterpart, avabenzone, that co…”
Jun 8, 2020 neutral
Category creators must sell the fundamental problem before selling their brand
“I'm dealing with a category where we actually have to convince people why they need to wear SPF, and then why Supergoop, so, you know, I often say, like, imagine I was having lunch with the founders of MZ Wallace, which is a handbag brand, and I said, you know…”
Jun 8, 2020 neutral
Jun 8, 2020 neutral
Magazine press drove Sephora sales in 2008 before influencer marketing
“So in 2008, you know, this is before Instagram and influencer marketing, and it was all really about those press placements. That you'd get in the magazine that showed your product. They were very product driven, and that's what sold product in Sephora.”
Jun 8, 2020
Aug 15, 2024
Thaggard: Supergoop! founder personally restocked retail shelves from her bag
“I had created these sunscreen swipes, and apparently the swipes were a huge hit. So I would go around to stores during that period, and, ah, the swipes were always gone. They were just wiped off the shelf. But the problem was I knew that my sales couldn't be g…”