For nearly four decades, Title Nine has been on a mission to find and support women entrepreneurs. September 26, we’re back with another round of the T9 Pitchfest Outdoor Edition: Our annual call to women who aren’t just breaking into the outdoor industry, they’re breaking the mold. Eleven badass innovators representing nine brands will pitch their products to our panel of expert gear testers, founders, and adventure pros. The lineup? Workwear built for women’s bodies. Bold surf hats that stay put. Gear made for and by big bodied women. Winners get fiercely mentored and join our growing crew of outdoor entrepreneurs.
So let’s hear it for this year’s fearless founders. 🥁 Meet the 2025 T9 Pitchfest Outdoor Finalists:
Each season we choose a “model” image for our catalog cover and web home page. Our September catalog is coming soon and we need your help choosing our next hero image. Let your voice be heard!
We’re hard at work designing next year’s swimsuits and need your help narrowing down colors and designs. Let us know your favorite swim print for the 2025 season!
Select up to two prints and be sure to press “Submit.” Use the form below to cast your vote. One vote per person, please!
Our “models” are ordinary women capable of extraordinary things. When these adventurous gals join us on a photo shoot they are up for anything, and we end up with too many great images!
We need your help choosing which shots of these amazing women we should use for our July catalog cover. Which one is your pick?
Tariff Math. It’s not always pretty, and it’s not always clear, but we’re here to break it down for you.
Let’s talk more about our pants, your hundred dollars and those pesky tariffs. We left off with us making a whopping $2 when you bought that hundred dollar pair of pants.
And you know what? Y’all had all kind of questions, so why don’t we break it down?
49 bucks goes to making the product. That includes the old tariffs, but mostly it’s sewing, design and fabric. We don’t want to skimp here.
29 bucks goes to our website, our videos, our print magazine, and those crazy little ads that follow you all over the Internet.
12 bucks goes to shipping it right to your doorstep. And yep, that even includes processing your returns so we get you the right fit every time.
Finally, that last eight bucks goes to keep the lights on and that leaves us with two bucks left over for profit.
That 2 bucks will not cover the additional 20 bucks in tariffs. That’s the 20 bucks that comes out of our pocket and maybe yours and goes straight to Washington DC.
So maybe we’re not making a lot of money, but we are making enough money, and we’re definitely making good choices, choices that result in great product and choices that help support this awesome community that we get to be a part of.
We’re women-owned and operated, and we’ve handled bad math and worse odds before, and we’re just going to keep scrambling to make the math work for all of us.
If you want to learn more, follow us on @TitleNine. Or if you got questions, just drop them in the comments. Let’s all get after it.
Missy Park, Founder
Join the tariff conversation over on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok. Watch the first Tariff Math video here.
