Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2024

But with such an expansive reach — one that extends across its branded channels as well as a robust network of national, regional and local retailers — Fender has sought better ways to understand the behaviors of these consumers and engage with them in more intentional and relevant ways.

Marketing 278

Marketing Consumer Wholesale Accessories 278

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Financial services company Hilco Global and asset management firm TPG Angelo Gordon have formed a new joint venture (JV), with the goal of acquiring and financing consumer brands and IP in partnership with brand management firm Bluestar Alliance. Both brands have been owned by Bebe Stores, Inc.

Finance 162

Finance Brand Management Management Consumer 162

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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. She can instruct marketers on leading by example and practicing what they advocate for.

Marketing 290

Marketing Brand Management Management Customer Experience 290

Wiser

OCTOBER 31, 2024

With inflation impacting purchasing power and digital technology reshaping the way consumers shop, it’s never been more essential for brands and retailers to adapt their promotional strategies. Understanding the Impact of Inflation on Consumer Behavior Inflation has significantly shifted how consumers approach spending.

Promotions 78

Promotions Consumer Shopping Brand Management 78

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.

Wholesale 330

Wholesale Accessories Apparel Brand Management 330

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.

Brand Management 312

Brand Management Management Marketing Consumer 312

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Trends are strong indicators of long-term market influence, customer adoption and retention rates and overall sentiment. Today, trends are often captured solely based on consumer discussions and Key Opinion Leaders online, but tracking future outcomes based on social listening or one type of external data source is risky business.

Consumer 348

Consumer Marketing Planning Brand Management 348

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

And at the brand level, we have the honor of spotlighting executives from both established legacy retailers as well as emerging direct-to-consumer brands. In many cases, winners helped bring new solutions, market categories and concepts to market, elevating the standards for success in the retail industry.

Wholesale 312

Wholesale Space Planning Management Finance 312

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.

Location 205

Location Marketing Space Planning Store Layout 205

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.

Brand Management 277

Brand Management Management Fashion Marketing 277

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.

ATS 299

ATS Department Stores Fashion Management 299

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2021

Online surveys have long reigned near the top of the ad testing toolkit by providing the fastest, most efficient way to gather valuable consumer feedback throughout the creative process. But realizing these benefits has generally required that researchers forfeit the open-ended questions that allow them to truly “hear” the consumer’s voice.

Advertising 317

Advertising Consumer Marketing Brand Management 317

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

Wholesale 275

Wholesale Brand Management Management Consumer 275

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. Consumer demand in the toy category and for Toys ‘R’ Us remains strong, and we will continue to invest in the channels where the customer wants to experience our brand.”.

Brand Management 264

Brand Management Planning Location Management 264

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2024

“Heroes & Villains is and always has been a fan-focused brand. Celebrating the stories we all love is the first priority for us,” explained Doug Johnson, Creative Director and Brand Manager at Bioworld, parent company of Heroes & Villains in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

ATS 257

ATS Marketing Accessories Consumer 257

Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Earlier this month, Desigual partnered with Melbourne-based brand management firm O’Rourke Showroom to unveil its spring-summer collection, further expanding its retail distribution in Asia Pacific. Growing our existing wholesale partners is the main goal and the genesis of the push for further brand presence in the market.

Clienteling 262

Clienteling Fashion Wholesale Marketing 262

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As new regulations are enforced and consumers develop ever-more-sophisticated expectations around a brand’s environmental impact, fashion brands have to do more than claim they are compliant. Many companies claim to be sustainable and ethical, but can they prove it? Consolidating and publishing sustainability data.

Fashion 312

Fashion Consumer Promotions Management 312

Wiser

MAY 21, 2024

Maintaining an effective distribution network is not only costly but paramount for ensuring products move seamlessly from the brand to the consumer. The allure of parallel imports for shoppers, with their often competitive prices and unique styles not typically available in the domestic market, poses a significant challenge.

Brand Management 78

Brand Management Management Consumer Marketing 78

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As retail competition escalates on a global scale and across multiple channels, many brands and thought leaders have gravitated to the idea of ‘brand love’ as a way of differentiating. The hope is that getting consumers to love your brand will make them more loyal, purchase more frequently, and so on.

Consumer 130

Consumer Shopping Marketing Advertising 130

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Many brands were forced to shut their doors and expedite online sales strategies to keep a steady revenue stream. But as we begin to get back to a sense of “normalcy,” consumers have reverted back to their traditional methods of shopping. So how can brands apply this strategy to their brick-and-mortar stores?

Customer Experience 310

Customer Experience Consumer Shopping Management 310

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2024

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. A Skechers virtual shoe available to try on in the brand’s new Roblox store.

Outdoor 262

Outdoor Accessories Apparel Consumer 262

Wiser

APRIL 18, 2024

In the dynamic world of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), brand management is a critical function that navigates complex landscapes to connect products with consumers. This is particularly challenging when considering the diverse channels and regions through which products must be marketed.

Brand Management 78

Brand Management Management Consumer Marketing 78

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.

Planning 227

Planning Payment Services Brand Management Location 227

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

Bringing nearly 30 years of experience from consumer goods, retail, grocery, restaurant and ecommerce industries, Narasimhan initially conducted a five-month “immersion experience” in which he traveled to work with Starbucks employees in more than 30 stores, manufacturing plants and in support centers around the world.

Customer Experience 264

Customer Experience Store Operations Brand Management Marketing 264

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2021

2020 in particular forced reflection and conversations into all of our lives; and brands weren’t immune to the pressures of an increasingly politicized world. A company aligning with a consumer’s worldview can be an added motivation to support them, and likewise a misalignment can alienate another customer segment.

Consumer 264

Consumer Marketing Accounting Brand Management 264

Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2023

The start-up raised more than $85 million from a string of prominent investors, and experienced a surge in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic, with consumers avoiding shopping in-store, where possible. At the time, founder Dany Milham cited deteriorating economic and capital market conditions as the key reason behind the collapse.

Supermarket 243

Supermarket Marketing Fulfillment Management 243

Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In these two roles that spanned almost a decade, I honed my skill sets in leading brand strategy and marketing/e-commerce efforts for some of the biggest fashion retailers in the world. How have these roles prepared you to launch and run this company?

Fashion 130

Fashion Beauty and Health Wholesale Marketing 130

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.

Brand Management 288

Brand Management Fashion Planning Promotions 288

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.

Brand Management 165

Brand Management Fashion Management Accessories 165

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Photo courtesy of TikTok Shop While the ecommerce functionality has been available to at least some users since late last year, today marks the service’s debut to the wider TikTok community, and to say that both consumers and brands have been eagerly anticipating this development might be an understatement. in November 2022.

Merchant Services 278

Merchant Services Payment Services Shopping Checkout 278

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2020

“His international expertise, charismatic personality and extensive global experience in brand management, product, distribution, marketing and digitalization make him the ideal candidate.

Finance 207

Finance Brand Management Management Consumer 207

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

At Dyer Brown our approach, regardless of typology, emphasizes pre-design investigation: combining market research and surveys with collaborative stakeholder visioning sessions produces critical data that will inform the design process. At the same time, these platforms also directly influence consumer perceptions.

Point of Sale 261

Point of Sale Location Consumer Customer Experience 261

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2021

brand management company WHP Global has bought a controlling interest in Tru Kids, which owns the Toys ‘R’ Us brand. On the acquisition, WHP CEO and Chairman Yehuda Shmidman said: “Our investment in Toys ‘R’ Us reflects our belief and passion for the brand. Tesco in the UK and Carrefour in Europe.

Net Profit 306

Net Profit Fulfillment Boutique Outdoor 306

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2024

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.

Brand Management 259

Brand Management Planning Wholesale Fashion 259

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.

Marketing 130

Marketing Brand Management Management Shopping 130

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. Most of them, of course, achieved their initial success through the use of creative advertising and storytelling, often in mass-market print and television. Dragorad Knezi is CEO of eyezon.

Fulfillment 264

Fulfillment Advertising Jewelry Department Stores 264

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Brand management firm Authentic Brands Group and Saks Global have developed a new joint venture called Authentic Luxury Group (ALG) that is aimed at “redefining and expanding the modern luxury experience.”

Fashion 264

Fashion Planning Brand Management Returns 264