Tag: Toms

Toms Partner with Target’s Blake Mycoskie for a Cali-Casual Collection for the Holidays

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The latest cause-related collaboration is coming from Toms and Target with their new collaboration on a collection of women’s and men’s apparel, as well as housewares being released on November 16th. Blake Mycoskie has unveiled his latest revelation in a quick video that brings the casual California lifestyle to Target shoppers for all under $50, […]

TOMs Shoes Sells Half to Bain Capital—Now What

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Blake MyCoskie, founder and owner of the shoe-darling TOMs Shoes has sold half of his brand Wednesday, August 20, 2014, to Bain Capital, co-founded by none other than Mitt Romney. TOMs Shoes, which as our data has shown in the past Youth Culture Studies, has steadily climbed as a favorite brand among 13-25-year-olds for many […]

Brand Round-up: Lululemon Names Laurent Potdevin as CEO, Formerly President of TOMS Shoes and CEO of Burton Snowboard; Lucky Brand Jeans Sold

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Lululemon announced a new CEO on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Laurent Potdevin,who was previously the President of TOMS Shows and before that, CEO of Burton Snowboards. In a video introduction, Potdevin describes how he plans to position the brand for global expansion. Lululemon has been dealing with brand backlash from its loyal fans ever since […]

TOMS Shoes Re-Thinks Business Model and Launches Production in Haiti

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At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting last month, one of the inspiring announcements came from TOMS founder, Blake Mycoskie, in stating that starting in January 2014, they would be manufacturing shoes and hiring local people in Haiti—one of several countries that TOMS supports with its buy a pair give a pair to a […]

Girls Got Kicks—And What’s Up with the Sneaker Freaker Female Marketplace

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Our data doesn’t lie yet no matter how many times we’ve pointed out the sneaker market potential of females in youth culture, more than once we’ve heard brand managers and marketing execs state they’re “just not targeting there.” “There” being females into sneaks. Even brands that rank higher among females as a preferred footwear brand […]

Socially Conscious Shoe Brand Tom’s Hosts One Day Without Shoes

For a shoe brand to tell you to take OFF your shoes in tribute to those less fortunate is an ironic social campaign that resonates locally and globally.