Vegan haircare brand scaling DTC and trade channels across North America
DESIGNME is a Canadian indie haircare brand (vegan, cruelty-free, PETA-certified) running a marketing-heavy organization with 5 active marketing roles and finance support—typical of a DTC-first CPG brand scaling paid acquisition. The project mix (paid media, UGC content, new door acquisition, trade activations) and pain points (paid media ROI, distributor performance, sell-through) reveal a company caught between direct-to-consumer momentum and the harder problem of penetrating retail channels profitably.
DESIGNME manufactures vegan, cruelty-free haircare products formulated without sulfates, parabens, or gluten. Founded in 2015, the company operates from Québec with 11–50 employees and distributes globally, supported by a digital-first marketing stack (Shopify, Meta, Google, TikTok, Pinterest). Their growth strategy combines DTC e-commerce with wholesale and trade channels; current hiring across marketing, finance, and sales (accelerating velocity, 8 roles posted in the last 30 days) reflects aggressive expansion into new retail doors and improved distributor performance.
Shopify for DTC sales, NetSuite for back-office ERP, Google Analytics 4 for analytics, and AWS for hosting. Meta, Google, TikTok, and Pinterest power paid acquisition.
Dorval, Québec, Canada. The company was founded in 2015 and operates as a privately held indie brand.
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