Integrated wholesale and retail teams help leaders build and maintain vendor bases as they share resources, streamline processes, and increase standardization. In 2015, he and other leaders reorganized all UA store development personnel in North America into one team. That means organizational development is especially important as Walsh creates the right teams in the right markets. “We have to have the processes, guidelines, and standards in place to steer us while we go.” “We still act like a start-up company and we’re moving very fast,” he says. At press time, Under Armour was scheduled to open 41 Brand House locations throughout China in the third quarter of 2016. To execute in the high-volume atmosphere, Walsh must be precise. His team introduced a new Brand House concept in Baltimore in 2013 and is now taking the design to Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Asia.
Since 2013, Walsh has spent all of his time on store development. Since footwear, youth, and women’s categories are climbing, he’s opened specialty stores in North America and is expanding the strategy to other continents. With the company firing on all cylinders, Walsh is busier than ever before. Since 2015, sales of the UA Curry shoe have jumped 350 percent. UA made waves in 2013, when CEO Kevin Plank lured NBA superstar Stephen Curry from rival Nike. Additionally, UA has inked endorsement deals with A-listers such as Tom Brady, Bryce Harper, Misty Copeland, Jordan Spieth, and Michael Phelps. The company has acquired MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, and Endomondo. Annual revenue-now around $5 billion-has grown 30 percent per year since 2010. In his new role, Walsh is standardizing design and build guidelines and processes, rolling out a new concept store, and implementing new methods to support the athletic-apparel giant’s ongoing global expansion.Īlthough Under Armour (UA) is more than 20 years old, a prolonged growth period has recently made the brand ubiquitous. Now, he’s vice president of global store development.
Today, the sports retailer has more than 450 locations worldwide.Īt that time, Walsh was a director of retail store development. 14 after a two-year hiatus.Ī handful of vacancies remain, including the former locations of Lenox, Christopher & Banks, Wilson’s Leather Clearance and The Uniform Outlet.Just four years ago, Tom Walsh of Under Armour spoke to American Builders Quarterly about his company’s 100 stores in the United States. 27 in the lower-level space previously occupied by men’s and women’s fashion retailer Van Heusen | IZOD Golf and women’s fashion and accessories retailer Charming Charlie, which returned to its original lower-level spot on Dec. axe-throwing facility Angry Jack’s Axe Throwing Club, which opened Nov. New additions include women’s fashion retailer Bonworth, which opened in the summer in the lower-level space previously occupied by footwear brand G.H. The Outlets at Wind Creek Bethlehem, which opened as The Shoppes at the Sands in 2011 with capacity for 31 stores, continues to house prominent retailers such as Coach, DKNY, Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger. The mall, which opened as The Shoppes at the Sands in 2011 with capacity for 31 stores, continues to house prominent retailers such as Coach, DKNY, Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger. Under Armour Bethlehem Factory House, which sold Under Armour’s popular line of athletic apparel, shoes and accessories, closed about a week ago at The Outlets at Wind Creek Bethlehem.
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