Case Study

Lonbet: Laundry Basket

Linton restructured the supply side of a high-volume Amazon SKU, a 40-gallon laundry basket with a bamboo lid – cutting COGS 9.38% and installing stricter mass production inspection standards, with zero disruption to supply.

Lonbet Laundry Basket

Overview

Lonbet sells a 40-gallon laundry basket with a bamboo lid, a high-volume SKU on Amazon. The unit economics were moving in the wrong direction: production costs at the incumbent factory kept rising, and recurring quality complaints – including fabric and stitching failures – were driving returns on a listing where review velocity matters.

Lonbet engaged Linton to fix both sides of the problem at once: bring COGS down through strategic sourcing, and raise the quality floor through stricter inspection – without interrupting supply to Amazon.

Challenge

On a high-volume SKU, every dollar of COGS compounds across the full order volume, and every quality complaint compounds across the review history. Lonbet faced both. The incumbent factory’s pricing was squeezing margin on each unit, while recurring quality issues added return costs and listing risk on top.

The constraint made it harder: any factory change had to happen without a gap in Amazon availability. A stockout during transition would have cost more than the savings were worth.

9.38%

COGS Reduction

Zero

Disruption to Amazon supply through the factory transition

1 Linton Group’s Solution
2 Results

9.38%

COGS Reduction

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Zero

Disruption to Amazon supply through the factory transition

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