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21 Apr

Levi Strauss Names Snap’s Kenny Mitchell Chief Marketing Officer

Levi Strauss Names Snap’s Kenny Mitchell Chief Marketing Officer
Levi Strauss & Co. has turned to the world of social media and Snap for its latest head of promoting.  The denim giant named Kenny Mitchell senior vice chairman and chief marketing officer of the Levi’s brand starting June 5.  Most recently, Mitchell was chief marketing officer at Snapchat parent Snap, where he led the expansion of the corporate’s global community, promoting base and developer partners. Before Snap, he held executive positions at McDonald’s USA and Gatorade for a brand-building profession spanning greater than 20 years.   Mitchell will report back to president Michelle Gass, who's preparing to take over the role of chief executive officer from Chip Bergh and is currently running the namesake business. Gass said: “Kenny is well known as an modern...
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11 Apr

Sampler Snaps Up Arcade Beauty-created Abeo – WWD

Sampler Snaps Up Arcade Beauty-created Abeo – WWD
Abeo, the digital beauty sampling platform, has a latest owner. The corporate, which launched in 2020 as an element of Arcade Beauty, has been acquired by Sampler, which provides users with free, personalized samples across categories like food and wonder. The acquisition marks a push within the latter category. “We've historically done a variety of work across all the CPG categories — food, personal care and baby,” said Marie Chevrier Schwartz, founder and chief executive officer of Sampler. “We had a roster of beauty brands, however it wasn’t our sole focus. Now, through this acquisition, we’re making a dedicated beauty team to construct customized solutions for the sweetness category.” Arcade Beauty will stay on as a minority shareholder. Other terms of the deal...
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