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Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A.\nSince inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle - completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration.\nOur competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. 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