FINDING TALENT. BUILDING BUSINESSES.
American Eagle’s Global Brand President, Chad Kessler, reveals how the brand is connecting with, and winning over, Generation Z through relevant product, seamless retail experiences, and allowing its young customers to interact with and help shape the brand.
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The Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design shares his journey from developing social responsibility efforts to leading a premier fashion education program.
Retail veteran Jyothi Rao shares with Tim Boerkoel how she is leveraging her digital experience, fashion and merchandising expertise, and a modern brand-building approach (including customer engagement) to grow Gap, Inc.’s boutique business’s bricks, clicks, brands and talent.
See Rose Go founders Erin Cavanaugh and Yi Zhou share their motivations for launching a new plus-size fashion business, and reveal how they combined their earlier backgrounds in merchandising and design at Converse (Nike) with extensive consumer insights to truly deliver for their customer.
Timbuk2 CEO Patti Cazzato discusses with Tim Boerkoel her professional journey, her belief in a beginner’s mindset, and how she’s building on Timbuk2’s identity as a leader in local urban manufacturing, customization and sustainability.
In collaboration with Women’s Wear Daily, Tim Boerkoel interviews Michael Romanko, Executive Vice President of Merchandising at Five Below, about how the extreme-value, trend-right company has grown into a billion-dollar enterprise.
