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Layla Ilchi

Layla Ilchi is a Reporter at Revenue Brew covering sales and revenue stories. She previously covered fashion and accessories news at Women's Wear Daily. Layla is a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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Revenue Strategy & Leadership

How Palm Tree Crew is building a lifestyle brand

The business has grown beyond traditional festivals with brick-and-mortar locations and VC investments.

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Sales Tech

Ford launches new AI tool for Pro commercial business

The goal is to increase efficiency and profits while reducing downtime.

Customers shop at a Target store on February 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
Revenue Strategy & Leadership

Target invests $2 billion in AI, store expansions, and staffing

The big-box retailer announced the investments following its fourth quarter earnings report.

A portrait of Laurie Ehrbar, Chief Marketing Officer at Clari + Salesloft, a Revenue Orchestration company
Revenue Strategy & Leadership

How Laurie Ehrbar has empowered women in leadership throughout her career

The Clari + Salesloft CMO works with the organization Women in Revenue for mentorship and professional development programs.

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Revenue Strategy & Leadership

YourRevOrg: How HubSpot’s go-to-market team evolves with its customer

The 20-year-old CRM platform has grown its clientele to over 288,000 customers by the end of 2025, a 16% YoY increase.

Growth
Revenue Strategy & Leadership

Report: Companies grow the fastest when revenue leaders partner strategically with CEOs

A report from advisory firm Egon Zehnder shows one-third of companies where leaders and CEOs work closely see rapid growth.

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Revenue Operations

How Pickle’s peer-to-peer business model is disrupting the fashion rental market

The company experienced 85% organic growth last year.

A businessman ascends a bumpy hill.
Revenue Strategy & Leadership

Workleap names Peter Dougherty as CRO

Dougherty has more than 15 years of experience working at SaaS organizations.

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Revenue Strategy & Leadership

Exclusive: Gong names Shane Evans chief revenue architect

The former CRO’s new role is in conjunction with the revenue intelligence platform’s restructuring of its customer success team.

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Revenue Operations

Databricks raises $5 billion in latest funding round

This brings the cloud-based data and AI startup to a valuation of $134 billion.