Inside Retail

JUNE 18, 2023

“We’re a sports company, but I also see us as a movement and wellness company – this means embracing and celebrating all forms of movement and all health journeys, and being your authentic self,” said Liz Weldon, VP of Global Nike Women’s brand management. “We trillion wellness market appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Times

APRIL 17, 2023

Mighty Fine, the UK’s favourite honeycomb brand, has announced the appointment of Brand Manager, Olivia De Juan. As the brand manager for Mighty Fine, De Juan will be responsible for bringing innovative and creative solutions to the business as well as being involved with long-term strategic planning.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Interstore | Schweitzer has created and implemented the new 2000 m² BRIDGE market Flexstore concept in Zurich for the largest Swiss retail company, Migros. BRIDGE market has been conceived as the connector between a diverse fresh food market, creative catering with products from local partners and a wide range of events.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

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 tour also will feature a number of integrated co-marketing partnerships with brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Baozun recently established Baozun Brand Management (BBM), through which it will use its technology portfolio to cultivate brands. The sale is the latest move by the retailer to scale down during a difficult year that included cutting 500 corporate positions in September 2022, including roles at main offices in Asia.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

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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Inside Retail

APRIL 5, 2022

So we’ll be looking to expand heavily into SA, WA, and probably the Victorian markets. IR: Given the fact that events have traditionally been a key reason for customers to come in and shop at Sheike, I imagine Covid had a pretty big impact on the brand. We saw a change in our customer and how she interacted with the brand.

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Tokinomo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It’s complicated to stay top of mind in a competitive market. Hundreds of brands fighting to attract the attention of shoppers both in-store and online. Depending on their strategies, some brands manage to remain the first choice of thousands of people.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2023

Canada Goose is set to make a foray into Australia under a brand management agreement reached with Brand Collective. The brand will roll out retail stores this year in Melbourne and Sydney, and open an e-commerce platform, to be augmented by selected wholesale distribution. The brand’s revenue increased 65.4

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Shopper Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2021

When we meet brand managers do we listen to what they are worried about? About the author: Roger Jackson is CEO of Shopper Intelligence, with 30 years of experience in marketing and consumer goods, with expertise in shopper insights and innovative tech solutions in shopper research. In our own meetings do we just “chat”?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

Through its SPARC Group joint venture with mall owner Simon Property Group , ABG has acquired companies including Lucky Brand , Nautica , Brooks Brothers , Forever 21 and most recently Eddie Bauer. In June 2020, ABG also bought fellow brand management company PVH Corp. ’s We are brand owners, curators and guardians.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 20, 2021

— Publix Super Markets’ vice president of marketing Mark Irby plans to retire at the end of February. Renfroe, 42, began her Publix career in 2005 as a marketing support associate in Lakeland, Florida. She was promoted to her current role of director of marketing operations in 2019.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 24, 2022

We saw tremendous opportunity and talent in the 28 th Labs and WingPoint teams, and by bringing this talent and expertise in-house, we’re able to accelerate MPG’s growth trajectory—of which digital is a key driver—and do even more to help client brands thrive through best-in-class eCommerce and omnichannel strategy and execution.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

Influencer marketing platform Aspire has launched a new “reverse influencer marketplace” that puts creators in the driver’s seat, allowing them to reach out directly to brands and submit content for marketing campaigns. Brands need to look at us more as small businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

Oh great, another screen I need to market on, said no brand manager ever. And yet 2023 may be remembered by C-suite marketing teams everywhere as the year when the not-very-exciting category of digital signage became supercharged thanks to two key elements: retail media networks and first-person data.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2021

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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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

At the time, founder Dany Milham cited deteriorating economic and capital market conditions as the key reason behind the collapse. From Woolworths’ end, there are strong opportunities in the grocery delivery sector, but it will take time and marketing dollars for it to really grow,” Newell said.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2022

Vadim Rogovskiy, Co-Founder and CEO, 3DLOOK Christine Cui, VP of Brand Management, Acquco Taryn Racin, Manager, Store Communications, American Eagle Outfitters Julia Calabrese, Global Design Manager, Workplace and Retail, Ford Motor Co. Stay tuned to get incredible lessons and insights from these game-changing executives!

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Brands have been clamoring to sell on TikTok almost from the moment the platform began its meteoric rise and the #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt hashtag proved its commerce potential. Now it’s here: first launched in the UK and several Asian markets, TikTok Shop was quietly made available in the U.S. in November 2022.

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Shopperations

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Omnichannel shopper marketing is a dynamic, constantly evolving discipline. It sits in between and overlaps with brand management, sales, e-commerce and media teams. This makes shopper marketing very diverse and full of nuances and gray areas.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2022

Brown has been a brand manager at True Alliance since 2009, most recently managing the Ben Sherman brand. In that role, he was responsible for product sourcing, buying, design, marketing, wholesale and retail sales, brand positioning and organisational development.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The brands also share owners. Simon Property Group bought Forever 21 out of bankruptcy in partnership with fellow mall operator Brookfield Asset Management and brand management firm Authentic Brands Group in February 2020. JCPenney isn’t Forever 21’s first foray into department stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The company had hoped that its partnership with brand management firm WHP Global would help in this regard. The company’s total debt at the end of the third quarter was $274.7

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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. The ultimate goal for Full Glass is to build a multi-brand wine marketplace, and as such the company said it is actively exploring the acquisition of other DTC wine companies.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2022

Brand management firm Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has added another major retailer to its portfolio with the acquisition of beleaguered British fashion chain Ted Baker. Under ABG’s ownership, we believe that Ted Baker is poised for continued growth and success.”.

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Wiser

MARCH 4, 2024

Brands and retailers face unique challenges as they progress from their initial market entry to becoming leaders in innovation and strategy. Aligning retail strategies with these technological shifts is no longer optional; it’s imperative for those aiming to enhance their market position and achieve scalable success.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 28, 2023

Scotch & Soda has been acquired by New York-based brand management firm Bluestar Alliance after filing for bankruptcy for its Dutch operations last week. Bluestar Alliance said the acquisition will allow Scotch & Soda to continue its operations and products across key markets, including the Netherlands. million (US$369.42

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

“Helping customers in their online shopping journey is a major advantage in today’s online retail market,” said Richard Adams, VP of Digital Experience at JCPenney in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2022

JCPenney’s Hope & Wonder brand was designed to raise awareness, celebrate diversity and uplift communities. Associates are invited to design and create products that represent a given moment, then select nonprofit partners and let them participate as models in marketing material. mile walks representing the 2.5

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The company will still operate its ecommerce site, which directs shoppers to Amazon to make purchases, and license the Toys ‘R’ Us brand to stores in non-U.S. Tru Kids has closed the two Toys ‘R’ Us outlets it opened in 2019, according to Bloomberg.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

We saw an opportunity for the brand to relaunch into the U.S. market, providing our community with the affordable, value-driven products they’ve always searched for, now across multiple categories, at a time when value couldn’t be more critical,” said Jared Margolis, Payless CEO in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2024

into a multi-brand fashion retailer by bringing together the Express, Bonobos and UpWest brands , and included plans to expand the monetization of the Express brand through global licensing partnerships. The partnership transformed Express, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Express has entered a broad-reaching partnership with brand management firm WHP Global , owner of the Toys ‘R’ Us , Babies ‘R’ US and Anne Klein brands, among others. The deal includes plans to acquire “multiple” fashion brands as well as the expanded monetization of the Express brand through global licensing partnerships.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 8, 2021

Curious about how the world’s most inclusive fashion brand manages inventory for all shapes and sizes? Ever wondered how Ikea manages to roll out innovative campaigns globally in record time? If you missed Inside Retail’s virtual masterclasses in March, now is your chance to catch up on the valuable insights shared.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Master franchisee Seagrass Hospitality is opening the long-awaited fast food brand at the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club on the busy Mulgoa Road. Robby Andronikos, brand manager of Five Guys Australia, said “It’s been an incredibly fun journey to bring the Five Guys opening to this point.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

has partnered with the global brand management firm WHP Global — which owns the Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us brands as well as a stake in Express — to acquire the New York-based fashion brand Rag & Bone. and two stores in the UK, and the brand also is sold in boutiques, department stores and online globally.

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