Scotch & Soda Acquired by Bluestar Alliance

Retail
Written By Rick Watson

Scotch & Soda is a Netherlands, fashion brand.

BlueStar is a brand management firm which owns brands like Hurley, Justice, Brookstone, and others.  Licensing and international expansion seems to be the primary focus of the firm.

True story, a Scotch & Soda moved across the street from my apartment in New York City a few years back and I was excited because I thought it was a new bar to check out!  It wouldn’t surprise anyone to know that Scotch & Soda has been on the rocks lately because they had recently filed for bankruptcy prior to this acquisition.

Retail Dive: Scotch & Soda acquired by Bluestar Alliance

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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