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I want to cheer for this, but D2C right now is brutal. CAC is high, loyalty is low, and scaling offline is capital intensive. Itโ€™s great that they made it through, but the larger lesson isnโ€™t โ€œbelieve in yourselfโ€โ€”itโ€™s โ€œbuild for profit, not just press.โ€

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