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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

That is significantly higher than what companies typically spend on sales and marketing. Take department store Kohl’s, last year its marketing costs were only 4.9% A survey by Gartner found the average marketing spend as a percentage of a company’s revenue was 6.4% of revenue.