Steven Mazur, co-founder of Ash and Anvil, outlines the market opportunity for an apparel brand tailored to shorter men.
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil's landed cost is $20 to $25 per shirt
“Our pricing at low volume is anywhere from 20 to 25 dollars to get the shirts to our door.”
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil operates at 50% to 55% gross margin
“Closer to 55 once you, especially once you add everything else, like that packaging fulfillment, but about a 50%, 55% margin at this point with that lower volume.”
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil sold out initial 1,000 shirts in five weeks
“Our first round of shirts that we ordered that ended up selling out in five weeks, that was a thousand units.”
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil held a 25% reorder rate while sold out
“We ended up selling out in our first five weeks, we sold out of inventory in January, and we're just now getting our next batch in a couple weeks. So, we've been sold out for a few months, and even with being sold out and only taking pre-orders now, we still h…”
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil generated $50K in first two months post-launch
“Yeah, so I think we launched in November and obviously weren't around too much, but we're looking at about 50,000 dollars.”
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Mazur: Ash and Anvil raised $26K in Indiegogo pre-orders
“Our goal was 10,000 dollars. That's the point where we said, alright, if we raise 10,000, we know we can submit an order and get this thing off the ground, there's enough traction. We ended up raising 26,000 dollars in pre-orders.”