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Bluestar Alliance Buys Scotch & Soda’s U.S. Business

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An affiliate of brand management company Bluestar Alliance has purchased the U.S.-based based wholesale and retail business assets of the Scotch & Soda brand, which will allow its products to be sold in retail stores across the country.

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Skechers Widens its Reach with New Roblox Store, John Deere Collab

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Skechers is bringing its brand to new audiences with a virtual store in Roblox aimed at younger consumers and a new co-branded collection with tractor brand John Deere designed for agricultural and construction professionals. Skechers Roblox Store Banks 3.4

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Anne Klein, Lotto parent buys majority stake in Isaac Mizrahi

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Global brand management firm WHP Global has bought a 70 per cent stake in Isaac Mizrahi from Xcel Brands, in a deal valuing the American designer label at US$68 million. The label features a variety of products including footwear, eyewear, watches, handbags and tech accessories. million in cash proceeds.

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Bluestar Revives Justice as Online-Only Retailer, Plans to Expand Tween Brand into Tech, Home

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The tween retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar locations in late 2020 — which had numbered 2,800 at the brand’s peak — following the bankruptcy of parent company Ascena Retail Group. ”

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Authentic Brands Group snaps up Aussie brands, Surf Dive ‘n Ski chain

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US-headquartered brand management company Authentic Brands Group has made a binding offer to acquire sports and lifestyle company Boardriders – including Australia’s 80-strong Surf Dive ‘n Ski chain of stores.

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PVH Sells Off Heritage Brands as it Turns Focus to Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger

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is selling its Heritage Brands portfolio — which includes the Izod , Van Heusen , Arrow and Geoffrey Beene brands — to fellow brand management firm Authentic Brands Group for approximately $220 million. This sale marks the latest in a broader shakeup among the larger brand management firms.

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

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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. He said that DVF is an industry leader in “effortless femininity,” and that the two brands were a perfect fit, with aligned goals and objectives.

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