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Babylist uniquely lists direct competitors like Target alongside its own retail store
“We do something no one else does, which is when we sell a product and Target sells the product, we're actually going to show Target as a buying option, just like we show BabyList as a buying option.”
Natalie Gordon Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 55:11 Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business.
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Babylist generated $250M in actual retail revenue, not GMV, in 2021
“That was like the very first slide was our revenue. And I'd be like, here's our revenue in that year. It was going to be two hundred fifty million dollars. And they'd be like, oh no, you mean this is your GMV, which is your gross merchandise value, like what y…”
Natalie Gordon Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 58:24 Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business.
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Gordon: Most baby registries in 2010 were single-store platforms
“Most baby registries were single store registries, and so you could only add items from Babies R Us, and then you'd have a second registry for Amazon.com.”
Natalie Gordon Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 16:49 Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business.
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