Branding
February 10, 2016 at 1:02 pm
What do you enjoy most about working in the retail industry? The challenge. Building out merchandise strategies that move the business over a three-year to five-year time period requires a lot of different skill sets, and the knowledge I’ve built in my…
February 10, 2016 at 12:54 pm
What do you enjoy most about working in the retail industry? The merchandise and the connection to the customer. If you weren’t working in the retail industry, what do you think you’d be doing? Working in medicine. How would you describe your leadership style? Relaxed. As a…
February 10, 2016 at 12:44 pm
What do you enjoy most about working in the retail industry? Marketing is where my heart is. It’s where business and creativity intersect, art and commerce — the right brain, left brain side of the business that I embrace and enjoy. Strategizing, producing,…
February 10, 2016 at 12:34 pm
What do you enjoy most about working in the retail industry? There are so many aspects of the retail industry that I love and all of them are about reaching people. What I’ve most enjoyed in my 25-plus years in retail — both in stores…
February 10, 2016 at 12:14 pm
What do you enjoy most about working in the retail industry? The immediacy of the connection with our customer. We’re telling the story of the kate spade new york brand every day, and our customer is part of our story, the very…
February 9, 2016 at 10:30 am
Kohl’s is pairing social activations and live streaming with a sponsorship for this year’s Academy Awards, sharing an in-depth viewing experience and party preparation ideas in the days before the broadcast. Saturday Night Live actress Vanessa Bayer will be appearing in Kohl’s content on social media, which provides followers with various guides to hosting an Oscars…
February 3, 2016 at 3:52 pm
Some companies offer a little extra vacation time, others a creative work environment with flexible
January 29, 2016 at 10:21 am
Coach seems to be achieving the nearly unattainable in retail: giving a brand that was cheapened by years of discounts its luster back. The handbag maker reported on Tuesday that net sales rose 7 percent to $1.27 billion in its second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 26, buoyed by growth in China and its men’s lines. More importantly,…
January 28, 2016 at 11:59 am
Getting its sunglasses out of gas stations was a key first step. Nowadays, Ray-Ban sunglasses can be found selling for as much as $300 at high-end stores like Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus. The brand recently opened its first ever flagship store, a sleek emporium in the heart of Manhattan’s shopping mecca, SoHo. And if you walk around…
January 18, 2016 at 9:48 am
Can capitalism and community work together in harmony? Kenneth Cole, shoe designer and chairman of Kenneth Cole Productions, says yes. "Giving back makes the business I believe more sustainable," he told CNBC. "It has engaged and empowered all of our associates and it's made the journey probably even greater than wherever that destination would look like."
