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Vertically Integrated

Brands controlling multiple stages of production from raw materials to finished goods, ensuring quality and supply chain security.

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Vertically-Integrated

Supply Chain Control

Vertical integration means quality control, margin protection, and supply chain resilience that reliant brands can't match. Owning production stages reduces vulnerability to supplier disruptions, protects intellectual property, and captures value at every step—building defensible competitive moats.

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Resilient Brands

A Cut Above
RM10-20M (estimated)
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A Cut Above

A 428-square-foot salon became Malaysia's premier hairstyling academy after an 8-location express chain taught its founder when to cut losses.

Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾
Sela
~USD 200M
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Sela

Hebrew name. Israeli design. Chinese production. Russian stores. Boris Ostrobrod disguised "Russian" as "foreign" when domestic meant cheap.

Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
ESSE
$1.8M
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ESSE

Igor Samsonov died at 46. Eleven months later, Forbes crowned ESSE Winery of the Year. His quality systems outlived him—Crimea's boldest bet.

Dolinnoe, Crimea 🇷🇺
Lhamour
$1-9M
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Lhamour

Mongolia's first refill station—seven years before Western clean beauty. When consumers can't afford packaging, necessity becomes moat.

Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳
Walk of Shame
$5-15M
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Walk of Shame

Provincial Ufa to Paris Fashion Week. Zero ad budget, Instagram-first. 150 stockists at peak—yet founder admits "endless doubts" despite success.

Moscow 🇷🇺
Abrau-Durso
$60-80M
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Abrau-Durso

When 2022 sanctions shut Western markets, Abrau-Durso tripled China sales in 90 days—152 years of heritage opening doors startups can't.

Novorossiysk, Krasnodar 🇷🇺

Profiled Brands

SoleRebels
$25-50M
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SoleRebels

$5,000 on grandmother's land. 100,000 jobs created. Ethiopia's first global fashion brand. Artisan production as competitive moat.

Addis Ababa 🇪🇹
Fanagoria Estate Winery
$80-100M
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Fanagoria Estate Winery

Russia's largest winery ships 800,000 bottles to China yearly—scoring up to 97 Parker points from its own cooperage's Russian Oak.

Sennoy, Krasnodar 🇷🇺

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