Nasty Gal
FashionUSAClosed 2016
Total Raised
$65M
Peak Valuation
$350M
Employees
500
Year Collapsed
2016
Business model
Online fashion retailer for vintage and in-house womenswear.
In brief
Grew rapidly from an eBay vintage-clothing shop into a fast-fashion e-commerce brand, expanding into physical retail and rapid SKU growth. Declining sales, high return rates, and mounting losses led to a Chapter 11 filing in 2016; its brand and inventory were acquired by Boohoo G…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2006
- Closed
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, USA
- Industry
- Fashion
- Employees
- 500
- Revenue
- $100M
- Founders
- Sophia Amoruso
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Often compared with: ASOS, Boohoo, Shein.