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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

Rather than investing in and delivering on their brand promise, they focus on other, often supplementary, marketing strategies such as launching engaging campaigns, brands may believe they can substitute competence with warmth. There are countless examples of brands leveraging their success stories through various PR strategies.

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Ksubi’s return to Australian shores with Bondi Beach House and what’s next

Inside Retail

G’day USA to save the day After a tumultuous period of ownership changes between 2010 and 2014, Ksubi was offered a lifeline by LA-based investor Breakwater in 2014, which acquired the security and intellectual property of Ksubi and moved its operations to the US.

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“It’s the right time to open some stores”: Ksubi CEO Craig King

Inside Retail

A group called Bleach stepped in and picked up their debt and ran the business until 2014. All the while, General Pants was Ksubi’s biggest account, so when the second iteration of the brand ultimately went into administration in 2014, General Pants took over running the brand. What’s the overarching strategy behind that?

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, died on the weekend. In 2013, he founded Off White, and he became the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Behind Documents’ path to luxury fragrance leadership in China

Inside Retail

Armed with fresh knowledge of the beauty industry, he quit the role in 2014 and created his first business, a tiny design agency that created floral designs for corporate clients, specialising in events and gifts. Before long, the agency evolved into a broader boutique design house, expanding into packaging and even branding. “Our

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Episode 47: Justin Bolognino

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JB also helped to develop and launch of Brooklyn Bowl (2009), serving as Creative and Media Director, as well as Arcadia Earth (2019) in NYC, the first artist-driven immersive experience dedicated to sustainability, where he also designed two of the installations.

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Episode 48: Richard Lems

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Like with my strategy of discovering a city, Rituals believes that the discovery process leads customer experiences in their stores. David is a former VP – Global Design Strategies at Marriott International. Well, for Rituals, home, body, heart, soul are all connected. One influences the other. in Singapore.