From Retail Crisis to Ecommerce Growth: Lessons from Two Unlikely Brands
In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, Jon LaClare sits down with Kim Castellano, founder of Fashion First Aid and Fun Delivery, to explore how she built two very different product brands—and adapted when a major sales channel failed.
Kim began Fashion First Aid with a simple solution to a problem she faced herself: disposable underarm shields that helped protect her clothes. Nordstrom picked up the product, and she went on to develop more practical fashion accessories. Years later, a catalog retailer went bankrupt after placing its largest orders yet, leaving her without the payment she had counted on. Kim put her remaining inventory on Amazon, where sales gave the business a second life.
Today, Kim runs a small team selling primarily through ecommerce and third-party fulfillment. She shares how improved images, titles, and search terms helped revive a slow-selling product on Amazon—and how a creator’s simple TikTok video sparked a rush of orders for one of Fun Delivery’s prank products. Her experience shows why good products still need clear presentation, the right channel, and consistent content.
In today’s episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, we’ll cover:
How Kim turned a personal frustration into her first retail product
What a retailer’s bankruptcy taught her about adapting a product business
Why she shifted from retail and her own warehouse toward ecommerce fulfillment
How small changes to an Amazon listing helped a product gain traction
What one TikTok creator revealed about showing a product in action
Why consistent content matters more than posting one video and moving on
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