The concept behind TKEES was to develop a clean, sleek, and upscale skin tone flip flop that would disappear on everyone’s foot; The only flip flop on the market at the time in 2009 was the plastic “shower shoe”. Carly and Jesse built their brand on the pillar of inclusivity, with a multitude of nude shades for everyone.
You provide the invoices. Clearco provides the funding.
TKEES repeatedly running into the same problem - they always had more customer demand than supply.
Clearco funding used for marketing expenses, which allowed them to invest their free cash flow into other parts of the business, like developing new product lines and expanding into apparel.
"Clearco is like a double-shot of espresso. The funding allowed us the time and energy to do more of what we wanted to do, and faster. It allowed us to hire more people, purchase more inventory, and generally gave us more freedom to grow on our terms."