Michael Mente

Eight years after joining Revolve and pioneering the influencer marketing strategy the online retailer is now synonymous with, Raissa Gerona is repositioning the brand to focus on designers and customers.

ICYMI, you can still catch sessions from REVOLVE U.

It's the staycation of your dreams.

As a fashion retailer, digitally-native Revolve has followed a different path than that of a typical fashion company. It puts technology ahead of fashion and used that same approach to design its new loyalty program.

Raissa Gerona, Revolve’s Chief Brand Officer, speaks on Revolve's IPO, #Revolveawards and the next decade for the brand.

Shares exploded by 94% on the company's first day of trading.

Song of Style collection launched at Revolve

Three years later and the rapper is back.

Jet setting is about to get a whole lot chicer.

Big brands are reaching new audiences by creating experienced during Coachella.

Last week, the women’s swimwear and hosiery company hosted 180 influencers from 40 countries across the globe at their headquarters in Verona, Italy for a larger-than-life runway presentation to showcase its latest collection of bikinis and maillots.

In 2017, the privately-owned company reported $1 billion in sales—a feet that they attribute, in large part ($650-$700 million), to their network of influencers and the ground-level marketing tactics at events like Coachella.

The leading digital retailer will open their LA space this Friday for two weeks of cult-favorite brands, influencer collaborations, and live beauty demonstrations.

Changing the value systems of a business is often thought of as irrelevant to profitability. A recent report shows there's a direct correlation between value systems and profit, how your customers perceive you will impact profit directly.

  It’s rare when one of the biggest sectors of our economy experiences massive change. The change is so pervasive, it can sometimes fly under the radar since it’s constantly happening right under our noses. Consumer and retail is seeing tremendous innovation, and it has once-dominant, big industry players stumbling. CircleUp25 recognizes [...]

With luck on his side, Michael Mente dropped out of a 4th year Entrepreneur program at the University of Southern California to join a promising start up company, NextStrat, in 2000. Although the company later had issues with bankruptcy, the relationship Michael made with a co-worker, Mike Karanikolas, would soon [...]