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Batteries Plus Hires New Marketing and Merchandising Chief as it Plans 115 New Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Batteries Plus is in expansion mode; the retailer expects to add 60 franchised stores and open an additional 55 stores by the end of 2022. Prior to his hire at Batteries Plus, Detenber served as CMO for Artisanal Brewing Ventures where he led brand strategy, new product development and marketing.

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Authentic Buys Dockers for $311 Million, Plans to ‘Reimagine the Brand for a New Generation’

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Opportunities for International Growth To unlock new opportunities for Dockers, Authentic plans to leverage its global network of 1,700 licensing partners with a focus on innovation, omnichannel expansion and international growth. and Canada including sportswear, activewear, kids apparel, dress shirts, workwear and performance golf.

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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

“Originally the event has always been based on trade with a consumer event later, and in the last few years we have seen them merging this and not investing in getting overseas buyers to come to Australia,” Phoebes Garland, co-founder of Garland & Garland, a fashion and lifestyle brand management agency, told Inside Retail.

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WHP Looks Beyond Toys ‘R’ Us with $375M Investment from Ares

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Brand management firm WHP Global has received a $375 million equity investment from funds managed by the private equity group of Ares Management Corporation to fuel its next wave of brand acquisitions. The transaction values WHP at $1.6 this summer.

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Express to Expand Retail Presence in Indonesia, Paraguay and Central America

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WHP Global plans to expand the Express brand to multiple countries in Asia and Latin America through a series of licensing agreements. This marks the first major announcement since the brand management firm announced its strategic partnership with Express, Inc. late last year.

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Express Launches Debt Restructuring Effort in Bid to Avoid Bankruptcy

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million in Q3 2022. The company had hoped that its partnership with brand management firm WHP Global would help in this regard. The company had hoped that its partnership with brand management firm WHP Global would help in this regard. In Q3 2023, which ended Oct. 28, 2023, and was reported on Nov.

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WHP, Simon, Brookfield Unite Under Phoenix Retail Banner to Acquire Express

Retail TouchPoints

The new joint venture between brand management firm WHP Global and mall owners Simon Property Group , Brookfield Properties and Centennial Real Estate — formed for the purpose of buying beleaguered mall brand Express, Inc. — now has a name: Phoenix Retail. for both Express and Bonobos.