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

Retail TouchPoints

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

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Why Canada Goose is flocking to Australia amid huge Asia-Pacific growth

Inside Retail

Increasingly popular and worn by the rich and famous, luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose is planning to spread its wings in Australia via a partnership with Melbourne-based fashion house Brand Collective. However, Morris said that Canada Goose is its first foray into luxury retail. “We Canada Goose’s revenue rose by 65.4

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Category Managers. The kind of people the world needs more of.

Shopper Intelligence

The National Account Manager is driven by the incessant demands of the CPG firm to drive volume to keep factories operating efficiently – to “hit the plan”. Sales vs Marketing. Rather, I refer mainly to the clash between FMCG brand marketing and sales. This is the holy grail the brand manager chases.

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[Webinar] Increasing Your Share of Shelf with Suggestive Selling

Wiser

However, when working with emerging companies, we’ve heard that there can be a lack of a holistic plan, containing straightforward, digestible, actionable data to inform the process. The next step in managing the challenge of getting products to the shelf according to the plan that’s put in place. No new news there.