Katy Perry ordered over 200,000 merchandise units from ZinePak
Kim Kaupe · The Classy Way to Turn Down a $720k Shark Tank Deal Backstage, EP 283: Kim Kaupe · Jun 13, 2016 · at 4:54
Kim Kaupe, co-founder of ZinePak, discusses typical and maximum order volumes for major musical artists.
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“You know, we've done album launches, for example, with Katy Perry and she's ordering north of 200,000 units of something.”
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