Goldberg: Digital sizing surveys fail to overcome trust issues for premium apparel
David Goldberg · #86 If the Suit Fits, Invest. · Mar 3, 2025 · at 8:42
Investor David Goldberg draws on his prior experience running a men's accessories company to question the viability of Sene's purely digital custom-suit fitting model.
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“And what we found is a lot of great brands out there, but when you're talking about a product that's, I don't know, 500 dollars, 700 dollars, maybe even a thousand dollars. That little extra convenience of being able to fill out a survey in someone's home didn't overcome either the lack of trust or really the lack of quality when it came to fit.”
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