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Famous Footwear Parent Caleres Outlines Executive Changes

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In 2014, Sullivan was named chairman of the board. During her career, Sullivan also worked with The Stride Rite Corporation as COO and held consumer brand management and sales roles at companies including M&M/Mars and The Mennen Company.

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DRINKS Sells Wine Insiders Brand to Focus on Core Alcohol Ecommerce Tech

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Alcohol ecommerce solution DRINKS has sold the Wine Insiders brand, which it acquired in 2014, to the new brand management firm Full Glass Wine Co. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Full Glass was founded earlier this year by alcohol industry veteran Louis Amoroso and entrepreneur Neha Kumar.

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Hugo Boss Taps Tommy Hilfiger Exec For CEO Spot

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Since Grieder became CEO in 2014, the Tommy Hilfiger business grew from $6 billion to more than $9 billion in retail sales in 2019, and the Calvin Klein European business more than doubled in revenues and earnings.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

You don’t have to be a marketing expert to know that Taylor Swift is a bulletproof brand that consistently improves, regardless of the challenges she faces or the challenges she sets for herself. In another instance, in 2014, after Taylor pulled her music from Spotify, she risked being perceived as a greedy singer.

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From Snoop Dogg to DVF: How collabs help drive growth at Skechers

Inside Retail

The collaboration also extends to Skechers t-shirts, leggings, shorts and racerback longline bras, and marks the brand’s first coordinated apparel and footwear collaboration. It follows DVF’s partnership with H&M , which launched in 2021, and also featured the lips print.

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First Nations artists, Pride and mental health: Volley talks collabs

Inside Retail

Opening up again Volley – which was sold by Pacific Brands to private equity firm Anchorage Capital in 2014 following a collapse in sales – has managed to transform its reputation as a ‘daggy’ shoe company. In 2019, Volley’s brand manager John Szwede told News.com.au

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Can Gen Z intimates brand Parade maintain its cult status post-acquisition?

Inside Retail

Larger companies can struggle to maintain a brand’s original messaging, and in some cases, by using their wide array of resources to make a product less exclusive and more accessible, they can also diminish its popularity with its core audience.

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