![]() Revolve began working with Neely and other bloggers in 2009, amid the worst economic downturn the nation had seen since 1929. It was a natural fit for us to work with her first,” Mente said. Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast “had one of the bigger audiences in the early days. That strategy revolutionized our business.” “We were working with influencers when they were still called bloggers, before Instagram. “Those early bloggers were perfectly positioned to take advantage of a long-term social media wave,” he said. The nascent firm got a boost from another key change, the “shift from fashion magazines to blogs,” which were the influencers of their day, Mente said. “For us, there’s no such thing as fear of failure with experimentation,” he said, “because the data that we gain from this failure also ultimately helps us improve and assess, then ultimately make the algorithms better.”Ī plan was hatched for Revolve as an online sales platform for a broad lineup of existing fashion brands. In a sense they considered it an asset.ĭata and analytics would drive their choices, becoming part of their “trend forecasting algorithms” that incorporate “data from analysis of thousands of styles, dozens of attributes per style” and the constant accumulation of customer interactions, Mente said. Neither said they were worried about their lack of fashion experience. Even in 2003, fashion shoppers were growing weary of having to trek to bricks-and-mortar stores to shop for clothing, unsure of whether they would find what they were looking for, Karanikolas said. The pair’s deep dive into keyword searches and online behavior divulged something they hadn’t considered before, well before some longtime fashionistas and clothing industry veterans noticed it. “And it really helped us spot opportunities consistently, I think, before a lot of the rest of the marketplace.” Data was something we were comfortable with,” Karanikolas said. “Technology was something we’d just grown up with. “We were both very analytical,” Mente said, which helped them home in on an idea for a new business. Mente and Karanikolas were out of a job, but had gained valuable insight about themselves and how well they worked together. But the stock market downturn that began in 2000 turned the boom into a bust. Karanikolas was hired by the same company in 2000, after earning a degree in computer engineering at Virginia Tech.Īs the youngest employees at the company, the two 20-somethings quickly bonded. Mente was in an entrepreneurship program at USC when he dropped out to join software company NextStrat in Los Angeles. Karanikolas and Mente had planned to ride the tech industry dot-com boom that had begun in 1995. We felt like we could come out of the gates with a better approach and then continue to build on that.” But there weren’t really that many players doing it or doing it well. ![]() “There was a large and growing interest in apparel online. “It was a new world and a new opportunity with the internet and online commerce starting to change things,” Karanikolas recalled of those early days. The term influencer didn’t come into widespread use until 2015. Facebook, Instagram and the iPhone hadn’t made an appearance yet. Whether you’re target shooting, carrying for self-defense, or keeping it home for home-defense, you won’t go wrong with the hard-hitting, accurate Ruger GP100.Ĭaliber. To keep things simple, takedown of this revolver requires no special tools – so it’s easy to maintain, giving you more time to shoot it at the range. The grip frames can be easily customized for best fit, with aftermarket custom grips widely available. GP100s feature a triple-locking cylinder that locks to the revolver’s frame from the front, rear, and bottom for accurate alignment and dependable operation. These babies are built solid! Because they’re a little heavier, they shoot incredibly smoothly, even when shooting hard-hitting calibers like. 357 Magnum, the Ruger GP100 is one of the best revolvers available for several reasons. 500 S&W MagnumĬylinder Capacity: 5 or 6 rounds, depending on model The BFR is accurate whether using lead or jacketed bullets. I’ve listed the full information on chambering below, broken out by those for the Long Cylinder BFR and the Short Cylinder BFR. It’s chambered in multiple calibers, ranging from popular hunting calibers to basic EDC (everyday carry) calibers and everything in between. This stainless-steel revolver is engineered for hunting and can take down anything from birds to bears. ![]() The Biggest, Finest Revolver, or BFR, from Magnum Research stands out in the crowd. It’s available in a long-cylinder model as well as a short-cylinder model. ![]()
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