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Jennifer Ingraffea and the Quiet Work of Making Heritage Move
A trader turned merchant now leads a 163-year-old wool company. Her wager is that the future of an American heritage brand begins with patient observation, sharper choices and the nerve to keep its history useful.
Jaeger’s £6 Million Second Wardrobe
M&S bought a famous fashion name after its second collapse. Jaeger’s new life puts Victorian wool credentials, archive designs and a very modern distribution network to work.
The Company That Buys Yesterday's Favorites - Then Teaches Them New Tricks
Marquee Brands has turned nostalgia into infrastructure. Its portfolio runs from Martha Stewart's kitchen to Body Glove's surf break - and the real product is a global machine for making familiar names useful again.
The Company Behind One in Three Sewing Machines on Earth
SINGER, PFAFF, and HUSQVARNA VIKING sit under one Nashville roof. Together they sell about a third of the world's household sewing machines - and they are betting the next stitch is a cloud subscription.
Kering
Kering is a French global luxury group that owns and develops a portfolio of Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry and eyewear - including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Boucheron, Pomellato, Qeelin and Ginori 1735, plus Kering Eyewear and Kering Beaute. Controlled by the Pinault family through holding company Artemis, Kering grew out of a lumber and retail company (PPR) and reoriented itself entirely toward luxury, positioning creativity and sustainability at the center of its strategy.
Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly is a marketing and innovation executive best known for more than two decades at PVH Corp., the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. He built PVH's first in-house marketing and media group from the ground up, later served as Chief Marketing Officer of the company's Heritage Brands and as Global Chief Innovation Officer, and pushed the apparel giant into connected textiles, AR/VR, digital fit and sustainability. Since leaving PVH he has turned entrepreneur and advisor, co-founding the automotive SaaS startup Fob Depot and mentoring brands and founders.