Authentic Brands Group Acquires Rockport out of Bankruptcy

Retail
Written By Rick Watson

Rockport, which is known for popularizing casual, rubber-soled shoes, remains a global retail brand that’s available in more than 60 countries.

Authentic Brands Group is the largest player in the brand licensing industry and continues to grow by raising money and acquiring new brand properties.  Brand licensing firms tend to rescue good brands in bad situations and expand into new categories and countries, collecting marketing royalties as they go.  Rockport definitely falls into their typical portfolio.

Retail Dive: Authentic Brands Group acquires Rockport out of bankruptcy

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

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