In this special “Chat Box” episode, part of a series of executive spotlights for RetailRx community hub, Danielle Schmelkin, chief information officer of <a href="https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/j-crew-usa-swimming-collab-90s-swim-1236412658/">J.Crew Group</a> joins Fairchild Studio Director Lauren Parker.Schmelkin discusses the shifting role of the CIO, J.Crew and Madewell’s digital transformation strategies, and sheds light on how retailers should use AI and other technologies to set themselves up for digital success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>In this special “Chat Box” episode, part of a series of executive spotlights for RetailRx community hub, Danielle Schmelkin, chief information officer of J.Crew Group joins Fairchild Studio Director Lauren Parker.
Schmelkin discusses the shifting role of the CIO, J.Crew and Madewell’s digital transformation strategies, and sheds light on how retailers should use AI and other technologies to set themselves up for digital success.
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J.Crew CIO Danielle Schmelkin on setting up for digital success

In this special “Chat Box” episode, part of a series of executive spotlights for RetailRx community hub, Danielle Schmelkin, chief information officer of J.Crew Group joins Fairchild Studio Director Lauren Parker.
Schmelkin discusses the shifting role of the CIO, J.Crew and Madewell’s digital transformation strategies, and sheds light on how retailers should use AI and other technologies to set themselves up for digital success.
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Shaping J.Crew's Digital Transformation Strategy

In 2021, Pakistan-based manufacturer Interloop had a vision: to expand beyond the hosiery category and become a “full-family” producer. As the company grew its verticals, it established separate teams for each product type, and cross-category customers had multiple points of contact.Over the last six months, Interloop has undergone a transformation to restructure its teams by job function instead of business units. This has improved collaboration in areas like product development and boosted customer service, giving buyers a single account lead at Interloop.Feroze Ahmed, chief strategy and transformation officer at Interloop, spoke with Sourcing Journal editor-in-chief Peter Sadera about this strategy and the next action items on Interloop’s agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>In 2021, Pakistan-based manufacturer Interloop had a vision: to expand beyond the hosiery category and become a “full-family” producer. As the company grew its verticals, it established separate teams for each product type, and cross-category customers had multiple points of contact.
Over the last six months, Interloop has undergone a transformation to restructure its teams by job function instead of business units. This has improved collaboration in areas like product development and boosted customer service, giving buyers a single account lead at Interloop.
Feroze Ahmed, chief strategy and transformation officer at Interloop, spoke with Sourcing Journal editor-in-chief Peter Sadera about this strategy and the next action items on Interloop’s agenda.
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How Interloop Is Breaking Down Silos to Better Serve Customers Across Categories

In 2021, Pakistan-based manufacturer Interloop had a vision: to expand beyond the hosiery category and become a “full-family” producer. As the company grew its verticals, it established separate teams for each product type, and cross-category customers had multiple points of contact.
Over the last six months, Interloop has undergone a transformation to restructure its teams by job function instead of business units. This has improved collaboration in areas like product development and boosted customer service, giving buyers a single account lead at Interloop.
Feroze Ahmed, chief strategy and transformation officer at Interloop, spoke with Sourcing Journal editor-in-chief Peter Sadera about this strategy and the next action items on Interloop’s agenda.
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Transforming Manufacturing Operations for Customer Centricity

In real estate, the mantra is often location, location, location. But when it comes to truly effective real estate asset management, there is so much more to it, like knowing when to play the long game, when to make a quick decision and why "time kills deals"In this Sku View fireside chat for Retail Rx, Laren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews two seasoned real estate experts, Alan Shaw and Larry Finger. Both are executive vice presidents of Hilco Real Estate, a division of Hilco Global, and co-CEOs of Hilco Real Estate’s Asset Management division. Both have spent the majority of their careers managing some of the largest and most complex retail real estate properties in the world. They have also "lived through three real estate cycles" and emerged with decades of wisdom to pass along to those still struggling to understand brick-and-mortar's positioning in an omnichannel world.Watch the fireside chat to learn:<ul>
<li>How Hilco Real Estate and Hilco Asset Management advise and manage real estate for business owners and investors such as private equity firms and the benefits of using a third-party business to do so</li>
<li>How commercial real estate has evolved over the past decade</li>
<li>Specific strategies that can maximize the value and performance of real estate assets</li>
<li>Examples of adapting to significant market fluctuations and economic downturns</li>
<li>Successful retail turnarounds and tales from the trenches</li>
<li>The most significant risks facing commercial real estate assets today and how companies can identify their vulnerabilities and address them effectively</li>
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<description>In real estate, the mantra is often location, location, location. But when it comes to truly effective real estate asset management, there is so much more to it, like knowing when to play the long game, when to make a quick decision and why "time kills deals"
In this Sku View fireside chat for Retail Rx, Laren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews two seasoned real estate experts, Alan Shaw and Larry Finger. Both are executive vice presidents of Hilco Real Estate, a division of Hilco Global, and co-CEOs of Hilco Real Estate’s Asset Management division. Both have spent the majority of their careers managing some of the largest and most complex retail real estate properties in the world. They have also "lived through three real estate cycles" and emerged with decades of wisdom to pass along to those still struggling to understand brick-and-mortar's positioning in an omnichannel world.
Watch the fireside chat to learn:

How Hilco Real Estate and Hilco Asset Management advise and manage real estate for business owners and investors such as private equity firms and the benefits of using a third-party business to do so

How commercial real estate has evolved over the past decade

Specific strategies that can maximize the value and performance of real estate assets

Examples of adapting to significant market fluctuations and economic downturns

Successful retail turnarounds and tales from the trenches

The most significant risks facing commercial real estate assets today and how companies can identify their vulnerabilities and address them effectively


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Larry Finger and Alan Shaw of Hilco Real Estate on knowing when to play the long game and when to make a quick decision

In real estate, the mantra is often location, location, location. But when it comes to truly effective real estate asset management, there is so much more to it, like knowing when to play the long game, when to make a quick decision and why "time kills deals"
In this Sku View fireside chat for Retail Rx, Laren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews two seasoned real estate experts, Alan Shaw and Larry Finger. Both are executive vice presidents of Hilco Real Estate, a division of Hilco Global, and co-CEOs of Hilco Real Estate’s Asset Management division. Both have spent the majority of their careers managing some of the largest and most complex retail real estate properties in the world. They have also "lived through three real estate cycles" and emerged with decades of wisdom to pass along to those still struggling to understand brick-and-mortar's positioning in an omnichannel world.
Watch the fireside chat to learn:

How Hilco Real Estate and Hilco Asset Management advise and manage real estate for business owners and investors such as private equity firms and the benefits of using a third-party business to do so

How commercial real estate has evolved over the past decade

Specific strategies that can maximize the value and performance of real estate assets

Examples of adapting to significant market fluctuations and economic downturns

Successful retail turnarounds and tales from the trenches

The most significant risks facing commercial real estate assets today and how companies can identify their vulnerabilities and address them effectively


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Retail Rx: Effective Real Estate Asset Management Strategies

Coach remains one of the world's most recognizable brands, which is no small feat after 80 plus years. It's not easy for legacy brands to stay relevant, yet reinvention with the younger consumer can be even harder. Coach has done both by realizing that product-centric isn’t enough; handbags and other fashion items can also be a stand in for self-expression and purpose.In this fireside chat, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews Sandeep Seth, chief marketing officer and president of Coach North America, on how the global brand has courted Gen Z with the approach that product can boost self expression and purpose, and how the brand's creative advertising is driving this home. Watch the fireside chat to learn:·     What Sandeep Seth’s 24 years at P&amp;G and international career brings to Coach ·     Why Coach has emerged as Tapestry’s strongest brand, bringing in $1.5 billion in revenue, a 6% increase, and besting sister brands like Kate Spade &amp; Stuart Weitzman ·     How Coach uses its handbags and other products to forge an emotional connection with consumers ·     How Coach is courting Gen Z with a more purpose-driven approach including themes of courage, empowerment, identity and self-expression·     Which celebrities resonate as authentic and courageous Coach brand ambassadors·     How Coach’s sustainable (re)loved trade-in program segued into Coachtopia, and what’s next for Coach leather scraps   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Coach remains one of the world's most recognizable brands, which is no small feat after 80 plus years. It's not easy for legacy brands to stay relevant, yet reinvention with the younger consumer can be even harder. Coach has done both by realizing that product-centric isn’t enough; handbags and other fashion items can also be a stand in for self-expression and purpose.
In this fireside chat, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews Sandeep Seth, chief marketing officer and president of Coach North America, on how the global brand has courted Gen Z with the approach that product can boost self expression and purpose, and how the brand's creative advertising is driving this home. 
Watch the fireside chat to learn:
·     What Sandeep Seth’s 24 years at P&amp;G and international career brings to Coach 
·     Why Coach has emerged as Tapestry’s strongest brand, bringing in $1.5 billion in revenue, a 6% increase, and besting sister brands like Kate Spade &amp; Stuart Weitzman 
·     How Coach uses its handbags and other products to forge an emotional connection with consumers 
·     How Coach is courting Gen Z with a more purpose-driven approach including themes of courage, empowerment, identity and self-expression
·     Which celebrities resonate as authentic and courageous Coach brand ambassadors
·     How Coach’s sustainable (re)loved trade-in program segued into Coachtopia, and what’s next for Coach leather scraps

 
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Coach Global CMO and North America President 

Coach remains one of the world's most recognizable brands, which is no small feat after 80 plus years. It's not easy for legacy brands to stay relevant, yet reinvention with the younger consumer can be even harder. Coach has done both by realizing that product-centric isn’t enough; handbags and other fashion items can also be a stand in for self-expression and purpose.
In this fireside chat, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, interviews Sandeep Seth, chief marketing officer and president of Coach North America, on how the global brand has courted Gen Z with the approach that product can boost self expression and purpose, and how the brand's creative advertising is driving this home. 
Watch the fireside chat to learn:
·     What Sandeep Seth’s 24 years at P&G and international career brings to Coach 
·     Why Coach has emerged as Tapestry’s strongest brand, bringing in $1.5 billion in revenue, a 6% increase, and besting sister brands like Kate Spade & Stuart Weitzman 
·     How Coach uses its handbags and other products to forge an emotional connection with consumers 
·     How Coach is courting Gen Z with a more purpose-driven approach including themes of courage, empowerment, identity and self-expression
·     Which celebrities resonate as authentic and courageous Coach brand ambassadors
·     How Coach’s sustainable (re)loved trade-in program segued into Coachtopia, and what’s next for Coach leather scraps

 
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Retail Rx: Coach on Balancing Product and Purpose

Despite some bright spots, retail has had a bumpy road lately, with shifts from malls to online, store closings, bankruptcies, restructurings, liquidations and the like. Yet as Tolstoy might have put it, “Successful retailers are all alike; each distressed retailer is distressed in its own way.”In this fireside chat, Rob Gorin, managing director at Getzler Henrich &amp; Associates, interviews Max Frumes, the global head of distress and restructuring news at 9Fin, in search of lessons learned for the industry at large and what we might expect going forward. A highly regarded senior journalist, Frumes has been reporting on distress, credit, M &amp; A, leveraged financing, turnarounds and special situations for more than 12 years."My prediction is that you're going to see larger retail restructurings happen with very different stakeholders that don't just include credit funds," said Frumes. "They're going to be these multifaceted companies with lots of different arms that could could wind up having a meaningful influence on these large retail restructurings or refinancings going forward."Watch the fireside chat to learn:<ul>
<li>What’s different about the distressed retail category now in 2024, both from a company and creditor vantage point</li>
<li>Some common mistakes that all distressed companies seem to make, and what lessons can be learned</li>
<li>Retail companies that are good models for generating better returns to right the ship</li>
<li>The implications of private Amazon aggregators that are restructuring</li>
<li>What the fashion industry can learn from the Red Lobster loss driver that some say drove the company into bankruptcy.</li>
<li>Future predictions for the distressed retail industry</li>
</ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Despite some bright spots, retail has had a bumpy road lately, with shifts from malls to online, store closings, bankruptcies, restructurings, liquidations and the like. Yet as Tolstoy might have put it, “Successful retailers are all alike; each distressed retailer is distressed in its own way.”
In this fireside chat, Rob Gorin, managing director at Getzler Henrich &amp; Associates, interviews Max Frumes, the global head of distress and restructuring news at 9Fin, in search of lessons learned for the industry at large and what we might expect going forward. A highly regarded senior journalist, Frumes has been reporting on distress, credit, M &amp; A, leveraged financing, turnarounds and special situations for more than 12 years.
"My prediction is that you're going to see larger retail restructurings happen with very different stakeholders that don't just include credit funds," said Frumes. "They're going to be these multifaceted companies with lots of different arms that could could wind up having a meaningful influence on these large retail restructurings or refinancings going forward."
Watch the fireside chat to learn:

What’s different about the distressed retail category now in 2024, both from a company and creditor vantage point

Some common mistakes that all distressed companies seem to make, and what lessons can be learned

Retail companies that are good models for generating better returns to right the ship

The implications of private Amazon aggregators that are restructuring

What the fashion industry can learn from the Red Lobster loss driver that some say drove the company into bankruptcy.

Future predictions for the distressed retail industry


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Rob Gorin of Getzler Henrich chats with Max Frumes about distressed retail

Despite some bright spots, retail has had a bumpy road lately, with shifts from malls to online, store closings, bankruptcies, restructurings, liquidations and the like. Yet as Tolstoy might have put it, “Successful retailers are all alike; each distressed retailer is distressed in its own way.”
In this fireside chat, Rob Gorin, managing director at Getzler Henrich & Associates, interviews Max Frumes, the global head of distress and restructuring news at 9Fin, in search of lessons learned for the industry at large and what we might expect going forward. A highly regarded senior journalist, Frumes has been reporting on distress, credit, M & A, leveraged financing, turnarounds and special situations for more than 12 years.
"My prediction is that you're going to see larger retail restructurings happen with very different stakeholders that don't just include credit funds," said Frumes. "They're going to be these multifaceted companies with lots of different arms that could could wind up having a meaningful influence on these large retail restructurings or refinancings going forward."
Watch the fireside chat to learn:

What’s different about the distressed retail category now in 2024, both from a company and creditor vantage point

Some common mistakes that all distressed companies seem to make, and what lessons can be learned

Retail companies that are good models for generating better returns to right the ship

The implications of private Amazon aggregators that are restructuring

What the fashion industry can learn from the Red Lobster loss driver that some say drove the company into bankruptcy.

Future predictions for the distressed retail industry


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Retail Rx: Retail's State of Distress

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