Holly Cole Email and Phone Number
With 25+ years of experience as a leader in brand management & merchandising, I have been integral to driving merchandise strategies for eCommerce, Brick & Mortar, Catalog, & Mobile. Through assortment planning, trend identification and brand building I have been able to transform businesses. Leveraging my expertise, I have delivered multi-million dollar growth for multiple best-in-class companies.Some of my key achievements include: ✅Credited as a leader within best-in-class organizations, delivering sales increases, profitability, and a unique shopping experience✅Spearheaded the $85M men and women’s footwear category within 1 year of tenure, then promoted to lead the fastest-growing category, beauty, plus the vintage and luxury lines generating upwards of $155M in sales✅Led 25 merchants and planners to catapult eCommerce growth 12X, from $25M to $300M in women's and men's luxury apparel, shifting the strategy to online with a critical focus on user experience, adding categories, restructuring the apparel division, streamlining inventory and creating synergies between online and pages in mail✅Implemented multi-channel seasonal strategies with the successful launch of 3 products (shapewear, full cup, and maternity), yielding earns of $4M YOY, and resulted in both +10% sales and +8% margin dollar growth✅Leveraged customer marketing data to drive product design, marketing, and promotion strategies, generating customer loyalty to achieve 30% conversion rate improvement in new product launches✅Delivers cultures of inclusivity, performance, and a positive employee experienceI would like to connect with like-minded professionals. Feel free to contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.
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Adjunct InstructorFashion Institute Of TechnologyNew York, Ny, Us -
Adjunct InstructorFashion Institute Of Technology Jan 2023 - PresentNy, NyInstructing students in the Fashion Business Management department at the internationally recognized college. Courses include Fashion Management, Sustainability in Fashion and Leadership Development. -
Executive In ResidenceThe Fashioneering Lab 2022 - PresentNew York, United StatesFractional CMO (Merchandising) for the management consultancy composed of a global team of industry leaders built to advise brands across or in channels of retail and wholesale including brick&mortar, e-Commerce, DTC, B2B, print, mobile, social, web 3. -
Dmm -Luxury Handbags & Footwear, Vintage, Beauty; Dmm Core Footwear; Dmm Outerwear/Swim/ IaRue Gilt Groupe 2015 - 2019Greater New York City AreaLed businesses for the market flash sales leader. Led the intimate apparel/outerwear/swim division, promoted to the $85M men and women’s footwear category. Headed the beauty, vintage and luxury division ($155M). Led team of 14. Highlights included adding coveted brands for double digit sales and margin in key brands and leading a team during Q4 more than doubling on time delivery with significantly increased customer satisfaction. -
Vice President Of MerchandisingFmfashion+Music.Com 2012 - 2015Greenwich, Connecticut, United StatesHelped produce a truly experiential merchandising journey with a multi-platform DTC strategy to launch fmfashion+music.com. True startup environment. Spearheaded product development, reporting, P&L, production as well as shipping to customers. Video content was incorporated to drive engagement and the site launched in 2014 with projected 5 year revenues of $1M.
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Vice President Merchandising-Intimate Apparel, Victoria’S Secret DirectVictoria'S Secret Stores #78 2008 - 2011Greater New York City AreaLead 10 team members to grow, develop and relaunch the $300M intimate apparel category for the Direct channel. Launched 3 new products during tenure which established solutions for demographics of underrepresented women (full cup, maternity, shape wear), earning $4M YoY. Created visual merchandising continuity between the stores and the online platforms and implemented multi-channel seasonal strategies which resulted in both +10% sales and +8% margin dollar growth. -
Vice President, Merchandising - Women'S And Men'S Apparel, EcommerceNeiman Marcus Group 2003 - Aug 2007Dallas/Fort Worth AreaSales catapulted 12x from $25M to $300M in the apparel division for the Direct channel. Meteoric growth accomplished through strategy, shifting from catalog to online, leaning into defined categories, restructuring the apparel division to more fully meet the exponential sales needs of the division, streamlining product offering and redesigning the online catalog. Architect of division expansion - more than doubling - to 40 merchants and planners.
Holly Cole Education Details
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Global Fashion Management -
Broadcast Journalism
Frequently Asked Questions about Holly Cole
What company does Holly Cole work for?
Holly Cole works for Fashion Institute Of Technology
What is Holly Cole's role at the current company?
Holly Cole's current role is Adjunct Instructor.
What schools did Holly Cole attend?
Holly Cole attended Fashion Institute Of Technology, Southern Methodist University.
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