Glossier: Co-Creating a Cult Brand with a Digital Community

Description

Glossier's proclaimed strategy was "born from content, fueled by community". The digital-first, direct-to-consumer beauty brand had experienced rapid growth, with sales up 600% in 2017 and a customer portfolio that grew by threefold. But, its founder, Emily Weiss, was not complacent. Instead, she dreamed of creating the world's first socially-driven brand that inserted its community into the buying experience so that the company was merchandising people, their opinions, and their content, just as much as they were merchandising products. As her team debates marketing strategies for 2018, they recognize the opportunities and challenges associated with managing Glossier's rapidly scaling brand community. While the community's support had emerged organically in the past, the team was now debating whether the company's next phase of growth would need to be fueled by a greater emphasis on paid peer-to-peer sales representatives, professional influencer marketing, paid media, and a physical market presence.

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Keywords

Big data Brand management Branding Brands Business communication Communication Consumer behavior Crowdsourcing Distribution Entrepreneurship Going public Internet marketing Marketing Marketing channels Marketing communications Marketing strategy Microfinance Retail Social media Start-ups Startup Strategy Venture capital