Retail Partnerships
Retail partnerships refer to collaborative agreements between retail businesses and other entities, such as manufacturers, designers, or even non-competing retailers, to enhance business opportunities, expand product offerings, or co-market each other’s products and services. These partnerships can take various forms, such as exclusive product lines developed by a designer for a specific retailer, cross-promotions, shared loyalty programs, or joint marketing campaigns. The goal of retail partnerships is often to leverage the strengths of each partner to increase sales, reach new customer segments, and create a more compelling value proposition for consumers.
Nordstrom launches partnership with Black Owned Everything, a marketplace promoting the work of Black-owned businesses in fashion and beauty, and its founder and celebrity stylist Zerina Akers.
CATRICE Cosmetics one of the industry’s fastest growing mass cosmetics brands, is updating its retailer strategy in 2022 to ensure a more consumer-driven shopping experience.
Rebag, the authority for buying and selling luxury, releases the second edition of its Clair Report, a consumer resource covering shifts within the luxury market pertaining to retained brand value and pricing trends.
Macerich, one of the nation’s leading owners, operators and developers of one-of-a-kind retail and mixed-use properties in top markets, today announced QuikSpace, its new digital platform designed to make short-term leasing of retail space as easy and user-friendly as booking a vacation home, hotel room or apartment.
Klarna and Simon announced a strategic national alliance and multi-year relationship that will provide customers in Simon shopping destinations with access to Klarna’s unique in-store payment solutions.
Afterpay, the leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments, today announced that it has partnered with Fashion Nova, a leading e-commerce fashion platform, to offer shoppers a more flexible way to pay – just in time for the fall shopping season.
Aminah Abdul Jillil, a talented luxury shoe designer, was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and began her career as a professional dancer in Los Angeles.
Zarina Akers, best known for her work as Beyonce’s fashion stylist, and now Emmy award-winning Costume Designer took to TikTok to announce her first jewelry collection to be sold exclusively at Macy’s.
Nigo, a renowned Japanese fashion designer, DJ, record producer, and entrepreneur, was appointed as the Artistic Director of Maison Kenzo on September 20th, 2021.
Hermès Paris, the renowned French luxury design house, has expanded its presence in the United States with the opening of a new store in Short Hills, New Jersey.
The final of the 8th edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers took place on 7th September 2021 at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, in the presence of six artistic directors from the LVMH Group, Virgil Abloh, Jonathan Anderson, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Marc Jacobs, Kim Jones and Stella McCartney, alongside Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie and Sidney Toledano.
Hermès has unveiled its new home collections for 2021-2022 at Milan Design Week. The showcase took place at La Pelota, where the brand displayed its latest creations inside four monumental structures.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today named Sarah Travis president of Roundel, the retailer’s in-house media company.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced The Fall Designer Collection, featuring four limited-time-only design partners: Rachel Comey, Victor Glemaud, Sandy Liang and Nili Lotan.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) today shared details about the highly anticipated Ulta Beauty at Target, slated to begin rolling out in more than 100 Target stores nationwide and online with more than 50 specially curated prestige brands this August.
Klarna today announced that it has partnered with Macy’s, Inc. to exclusively offer its Pay in 4 solution in-store and online across all Macy’s, Inc.
An unprecedented collaboration between luxury industry giants LVMH, Prada Group, and Cartier (part of Richemont) led to the creation of the Aura Blockchain Consortium.
- As part of its commitment, retailer plans to:
- Add products from more than 500 Black-owned businesses across its multi-category assortment
- Increase its spend with more Black-owned companies, such as marketing agencies, construction companies, facilities maintenance and more
- Establish new resources, including the Forward Founders program, to support Black-owned companies and help them grow their businesses
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) today announced a commitment to spend more than $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by the end of 2025.