Kevin Lavelle, founder and CEO of performance menswear brand Mizzen+Main, discusses company growth and sales momentum with Nathan Latka.
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“We to give some concrete numbers, and we don't disclose exact revenue figures, but just to give some concrete numbers, we've been growing four to five acts a year on year since we started, and as of, The first week of June, we had surpassed all of 20 fourteen's total revenue”
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