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BRAND ANALYSIS
/ While most DTC brands struggle to scale profitably, Reformation has built a growth engine based on scarcity, pricing discipline, and loyal customers.
Reformation is one the few DTC brands that has beat the survivorship math that plagues most DTC brands. Industry data shows roughly 73% of DTC brands fail between $10 million and $50 million in revenue, and DTC brands on average lose money on new customer acquisition (about $29 per customer in 2025).
Reformation, at over $500 million in revenue with positive net income in 2025, has already cleared the size and margin thresholds where most DTC peers stall or collapse.
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