Brand Growth Stories

From rising star to scalable brand: how fast-growing merchants build for the next stage of growth

Watch Pink Gellac (Dutch beauty brand) and Meroda (Dutch cosmetics retailer) discuss building fast-growing brands on Shopify, from growth strategy and international expansion to payments, operations and what's next.

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About this webinar

The Twinkle100 is the Netherlands' annual ranking of the top 300 ecommerce brands by net revenue, published each October in Twinkle magazine and unveiled at Shopping Today, the Netherlands' leading ecommerce industry event. Pink Gellac and Meroda both feature in the 2026 list.

Pink Gellac is one of the Netherlands' best-known beauty brands, built from a Dutch startup into an internationally recognised name with a loyal customer community. Meroda Cosmetics is a fast-growing Dutch cosmetics retailer that has expanded across Europe.

In this session, they join Shopify and Imke Walenberg, editor-in-chief of Twinkle, to discuss what it really takes to scale a fast-growing ecommerce business, from the growth decisions that shaped their brands to the challenges of operating across borders.

The brands are Dutch. The lessons apply wherever you're building.

Dutch ecommerce growth

Two of the Netherlands' fastest-growing brands

Pink Gellac and Meroda are both featured in the Twinkle100, the annual ranking of the top ecommerce brands in the Netherlands. Hear how they built fast-growing businesses on Shopify and what the next stage of growth looks like.

International expansion

Global reach, local control

Both Pink Gellac and Meroda have grown beyond the Netherlands into international markets. Hear how they approached expansion and what it takes to sell locally while operating globally.

Built to scale

The platform that grows with you

From payments and fulfilment to analytics and marketing, hear how Shopify gives fast growing Dutch brands the infrastructure to scale without unnecessary complexity.

Meet your speakers

Headshot of Imke Walenberg

Twinkle Magazine

Imke Walenberg

Editor-in-Chief, Twinkle and Marketingfacts
Headshot of Vicki Crowe

Shopify

Vicki Crowe

Lead Customer Success Manager
Headshot of Willem Vos

Meroda Cosmetics

Willem Vos

COO
Headshot of Willemijn Bouman

Pink Gellac

Willemijn Bouman

CMO

Brand Growth Stories

From rising star to scalable brand: how fast-growing merchants build for the next stage of growth

Hear how Pink Gellac (Dutch beauty brand) and Meroda (Dutch cosmetics retailer) built fast-growing brands on Shopify, and what's possible when you have the right platform for growth.

Interested in Shopify? Try for free