Ash & Anvil is a clothing company that makes casual button-down shirts and jeans specifically for shorter guys — those who are 5’8″ and under. The founders of Ash & Anvil, Steven Mazur (5’6″) and Eric Huang (5’8″) of Detroit, Michigan, pitched their retail company on Shark Tank in October 2017. They went into the Tank seeking an investment of $100,000 in exchange for 12.5 percent equity. They left with a deal with 6’3″ tall billionaire Mark Cuban — $150,000 for 25 percent.
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After Shark Tank, Ash & Anvil has changed its name to Ash & Erie. While the name has changed, the high quality of Ash & Erie’s shirts has not. Thee Classic Collection of shirts sell for $79 online, and their slim fit jeans with inseams starting at 25″ sell for $159. In May 2018, Ash & Erie reported that it surpassed $1 million in overall sales. That’s more than 11,000 shirts and 1,100 jeans sold. Ash & Erie have expanded its product line to include sweaters and chinos.
No doubt Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, had a hand in getting 5’3″ retired NBA basketball superstar Muggsy Bogues to advertise Ash & Erie. Check out the video below: Muggsy goes against 6’9″ Earl Cureton. New episodes of Shark Tank air Sundays at 9pm on ABC.
