Season 3, Episode 6 · Koi Nayi Baat Batao
A Full D2C Masterclass: How Hamptons Cracked India's Most Crowded Clothing Market — Pricing, Embroidery Moat, Factory MOQs, AI Content & Customer Retention | Harshil Dhaniwal | KNBB
27 Sep 2026 · 1 hr
Season 3, Episode 6 · Koi Nayi Baat Batao
27 Sep 2026 · 1 hr
Everyone calls India's clothing market too crowded. Harshil Dhaniwal built Hamptons in it anyway. Turning a ₹650 wholesale shirt into the country's widest range of embroidery shirts. In this episode, Harshil and Dhruv get into the full D2C playbook: the professor's question that started it all, why owning the factory (and a 50-piece minimum order) is the real moat, shooting a whole collection with AI, why "content is the new targeting," and the honest math on CPMs, cash flow and retention; plus a few wild brand stories, including how Anupam Kher ended up in one of their shirts. A must-listen…
by Dhruv Bordia · Hindi · Business
At “Koi Nayi Baat Batao,” we believe that learning is a way of living. Curiosity is our compass as we explore the worlds of business, entrepreneurship, and the philosophy behind how great companies and the people who build them actually think.
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S3 · E2 · 14 Jun 2026 · 54 min
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S2 · E7 · 25 Jun 2023 · 7 min
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S2 · E6 · 18 Jun 2023 · 14 min
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