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\n\tQuince has a fresh infusion of cash.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe factory-direct luxury essentials player \u2014 which has offerings across apparel, accessories, home and beauty \u2014\u00a0closed on a $500 million series E funding round, valuing the company at $10.1 billion. The round was led by Iconiq and also saw participation from Baillie Gifford, Basis Set Ventures, DST Global, Marcy Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Wellington Management and WndrCo.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe San Francisco-based company said the new money would \u201csupport the continued growth and global expansion of Quince\u2019s proprietary manufacturer-to-consumer operating system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tRevenue surpassed $1 billion in 2025, and the company said it has had triple-digit growth annually since its founding in 2018.<\/p>\n
\n\tOf course, promises of luxe looks at lower prices is nothing new in fashion, but Quince comes to the proposition from a very modern direction, using technology to help power a shorter supply chain and build what has quickly become a very large business. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe company uses an AI-powered business model, which predicts weekly demand at both size and stock keeping unit levels. Then, through partnerships with manufacturers, it places and launches lower-quantity orders and scales them based on consumer demand.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBy narrowing the distance between maker and customer, the company reduces excess inventory, shortens supply chains, and removes the financial and environmental inefficiencies historically built into retail pricing,\u201d according to Quince.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe valuation puts Quince into rarefied territory \u2014 call it the 11-digit club.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut Matt Lippert, Quince\u2019s chief commercial officer, isn\u2019t focused on all those zeros.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s less about the number and less about the actual valuation of the company, but this is more of a reinforcement that our hypothesis continues to be true \u2014 quality doesn\u2019t actually have to be expensive,\u201d Lippert said. <\/p>\n
\n\tHe credits the company\u2019s growth over the past eight years to \u201cgetting really deep in who our consumer is, what they like, what they don\u2019t like, getting really deep in curating our assortment, getting really deep in picking our factory partners, and getting really deep in ensuring that there\u2019s no waste in the production or waste in the inventory, getting really deep and ensuring the execution of quality is there, getting really deep in the feedback we\u2019re getting from the consumers, and getting really deep in feeding that back to the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLippert sees a few avenues for expansion, in new categories as well as key international markets. He declined to comment on sales expectations but did say: \u201cWe like to swing big. We just launched in Canada and we\u2019ve seen great reception there. There\u2019s a ton of potential in Europe, both U.K. and continental Europe. There\u2019s an appreciation for high-quality materials and for craft. I hope Quince will be well received there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tApparel is one of the company\u2019s key categories for customer acquisition. \u201cPeople are probably buying a lot more T-shirts every year than couches,\u201d Lippert said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to build trust and then reinforce that trust as they try different things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn apparel, Quince recently introduced denim, which is off to a strong start. \u201cWe launched a bunch of different bedding fabrications, we just launched a brand new cotton bedding. Consumers have been really excited about the quality of what we\u2019ve launched in kitchen,\u201d he said, nodding to the company\u2019s caviar options. \u201cIt was kind of shocking to me how popular that has been.\u201d Wellness is also of interest. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s 100 percent about the system,\u201d Lippert said. \u201cI think consumers would be delighted with the amount of data, the amount of care, rigor and discipline that goes into bringing that system to life. On the surface, it\u2019s not rocket science. But digging into it is really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThat was among the key attractors for investors.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cQuince has built a hyperefficient infrastructure that enables it to deliver unmatched value to consumers at scale and, in turn, has built a brand people love,\u201d said Yoonkee Sull, general partner at Iconiq. \u201cBy redesigning how premium products are manufactured and delivered, compressing traditional retail cycle times and reducing waste, and building a deep understanding of what customers want in real time, the company is correcting structural inefficiencies that have long defined retail economics. We are excited to triple down in Quince following a year of strong execution by the team and believe the platform is positioned for durable, long-term growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAs to whether or not the raise could precede an initial public offering, Lippert declined to comment.<\/p>\n
\n\tIt\u2019s an interesting time for Quince, which hit back at a Deckers Outdoor Corp. lawsuit with an antitrust allegation. The two have been in court before, with Deckers\u2019 2023 trade dress lawsuit that alleged some of Quince offerings in footwear infringed on Ugg\u2019s trade dress. <\/p>\n
\n\tThis year, Quince said Deckers is using \u201ctemplate\u201d lawsuits to \u201coverextend the protection of trade dress,\u201d as reported. The company added that such filings occurred during peak sales periods.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cConsumers are paying the price,\u201d said Joel Dion, head of legal at Quince, in a statement. \u201cWhat we uncovered in our own litigation wth Deckers is a pattern that goes far beyond us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn an amended class action complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. district court for California\u2019s Northern district, consumers alleged that Quince used \u201cdeceptive marketing and pricing practices,\u201d including \u201cstrikethrough \u2018traditional retail\u2019 prices paired with bold claims of consumer \u2018savings,\u2019 creating the misimpression that its products were previously sold at the stated higher price \u2014 either by Quince or another retailer. These representations are designed to make consumers believe they are receiving an exceptional bargain when they purchase the products from Quince. But these representations are false,\u201d the complaint said.\u00a0Quince declined to comment on the suit.<\/p>\n
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