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How Nana Judy founder started a $30m streetwear brand at 19 years old

Inside Retail

Coleman, who started Nana Judy in 2006 while working part-time in a local surf shop, identified the popularity of skate and surf brands across Australia. So he sold his car, emptied his savings account and named the business after his great-grandmother’s dalmatian.

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Byron Bay streetwear brand Afends unveils new concept store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Started by Salfield and Declan Wise in the New South Wales surf town in 2006, the brand initially offered screen-printed band t-shirts. The founders continue to work with retail partners in overseas markets like Japan, where the brand is mostly distributed through independent streetwear stores, and Europe, where it is sold through Zalando.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Guzman Y Gomez appoints Hilton Brett as co-CEO By Celene Ignacio Quick service restaurant Guzman Y Gomez (GYG) has appointed Hilton Brett as co-CEO, effective immediately, as the company plans to launch an initial public offering and further expand in the US.

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Why Ksubi CEO Craig King reads a book a fortnight, and says you should too

Inside Retail

So I asked my boss if I could take the carbon copies – this was before computers – and work backwards to come up with a bit of a buy plan. When I was about 28, my girlfriend’s best friend was dating a guy who was reasonably famous from a marketing perspective. He said, “Knock yourself out.” So I did that, and it was quite successful.

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Hy-Vee promotes three executives

Mass Relators

He held many retail store operations and management positions within Hy-Vee, and in 2006 he was promoted to assistant vice president, operations, northwestern district. In 2012, Wiese joined Hy-Vee’s executive staff as director, real estate strategic planning, and in 2013 became director, health/wellness strategic planning.

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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

But come 2006, 2007 we really started to see that loyalty go away, and the bigger piece of it was [that] fewer people were going into department stores overall. And because those wholesale relationships were so central to Natori’s business, losing or seeing a significant pullback from even one account would have been a big blow.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. Like Sears and Neiman Marcus, Forever 21 simply did not react to changes in the market fast enough.