{"id":28792,"date":"2022-10-31T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=28792"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:09:00","slug":"sand-dollar-beachwear-dubai-interview","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/sand-dollar-beachwear-dubai-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand Dollar Is The Ultimate Woman-Founded Beachwear Destination In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai has been a hub and melting pot for several start ups and designers to build their brands, and it’s been no different for Lucy Gibson, founder of beloved beach-wear brand ‘Sand Dollar.’<\/a> The brand, which now has seven brick-and-mortar stores as well as an online store that offers three hour delivery in Dubai and expedited shipping throughout the GCC, started as a humble pop-up store. To learn more about how the mother of two and entrepreneur built her brand from scratch, and has adapted to the needs of her clientele and the fast-paced market environment in Dubai, we sat down with the brains behind the brand.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Gibson, founder of Sand Dollar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You founded Sand Dollar back in 2010, when the industry was fairly different than it is today. How have you managed to adapt your business model to today\u2019s climate and customer?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Sand Dollar Dubai started as a pop-up shop with a limited selection of beach necessities in Le Royal Meridien. It was a one-woman show but it was an important proof of concept for us.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Creating and launching a proper e-commerce website was really the turning point for the business. I could hardly imagine when I was pulling my hair out with a clumsy drag-and-drop website builder a few years later we would have an international, multi-channel e-commerce store with real-time inventory sync of over 5,000 active products between our warehouse and physical stores.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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