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Graj + Gustavsen is a think tank and brand transformation agency focused on driving growth and enhancing value for our clients.

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Graj and Gustavsen partners with Brand Owners, Investors and Operators to maximize their brand value by creating, extending & rejuvenating businesses and brands.

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Graj and Gustavsen partners with Brand Owners, Investors and Operators to maximize their brand value by creating, extending & rejuvenating businesses and brands.

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Timberland PRO launches new category to shoe unsung heroes of the hospitality industry

When Timberland PRO was born in 1999, we expanded the brand to specifically create premium and innovative footwear and apparel.

New York, N.Y. — Timberland PRO, the brand’s line of footwear and apparel designed to deliver comfort, durability and performance for skilled trade professionals, is stepping into a new category with the introduction of hospitality footwear. The New Hampshire-based brand launched the new Burbank collection with an intimate pizza making event.

FashionUnited spoke to Ryan Murphy, Brand Marketing Director at Timberland, about the gap in the shoe market that motivated the launch. “Why should hospitality workers swap out their favorite sneakers for the new Timberland styles?”

Since our brand’s inception, Timberland was beloved by trade professionals because of our footwear’s durability and craftmanship. When Timberland PRO was born in 1999, we expanded the brand to specifically create premium and innovative footwear and apparel for workers to perform their very best. Launching this new category, the Burbank Collection focuses on all day comfort, breathability and slip resistance. The consumer will know they are getting quality and performance-ready footwear.

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NFL Hall of Famer TERRY BRADSHAW and Family Retain G+G as Branding & Licensing Agency

Terry has many passions & life experiences he wants to share with his extended fanbase through this partnership with Graj + Gustavsen.

New York, N.Y. — Bradshaw Whitener, doing business as Bradshaw Brands, announced this week that it has retained G+G as its branding & licensing agency to identify and secure brand-right business opportunities across multiple industries and categories. As part of the licensing initiative, G+G will be reimagining the Bradshaw Brand for a new generation of consumers.

“Few celebrities come with Terry’s bigger than life personality and amazing cross-generational fan base. We are pursuing brand-right and market-right partners to extend this incredible multi-faceted entrepreneur and his family into new products, experiences, and audiences,” says G+G CEO Simon Graj.

Terry has so many passions that he wants to share with his extended fanbase by offering products and services that will allow his fans to share in his life experiences through this partnership with Graj + Gustavsen.

“Terry’s legacy as a four-time Super Bowl Champion, NFL Hall of Famer, broadcaster, producer, entrepreneur, and horse breeder along with his family make the Bradshaw Brands the perfect partner for many licensing initiatives such as e-sports, NFT’s, franchises, food and beverage, ranch lifestyle apparel & accessories for the whole family and so much more,” says Scott Todd, G+G SVP, Licensing and Strategic Partnerships.

“We are thrilled to be working with the G+G team to extend the Bradshaw Brands to new audiences, categories and families. We have so many passions that others share, and we want to deliver amazing products that they can love and help them enjoy life,” says Terry Bradshaw.

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MANNA: This Genius App Basically Grocery Shops for You

Recipe app Manna makes grocery shopping effortless so you have one less thing to worry about

New York, N.Y. — I love flipping through recipes to find exciting new things to cook – if I didn’t, I probably wouldn’t work at a food magazine, right? – and I love actually cooking. But the stuff in between, all the steps from shopping list making to mise en place, can be kind of a drag, especially on busy weeknights when I would much rather spend any free window of time I can claim for myself chilling with a glass of rosé than braving the supermarket parking lot. Enter Manna. Already a very cool recipe-discovery app, it’s just added a shopping functionality that makes shopping effortless.

Here’s how it works: You log in to the app and swipe Tinder-style through recipes that it thinks you might like and meet your stated dietary needs. You can tell it you’re a vegan, for example, or gluten-free. Once you find your perfect matches, you can tap to add all the relevant ingredients directly to an Amazon Fresh shopping cart. You can modify brands or make swaps and then check out with Amazon to have your groceries delivered. Before you know it, you have everything you need to get cooking, and you’ve never left the house.

It’s especially helpful if you’re hosting a spring dinner party or doing something like Whole 30 and want to meal-prep a whole week of meals at once, because if you add multiple recipes to your list, it understands how to ‘stack’ the quantities (i.e. if one recipe calls for one cup of cashews and another calls for half a cup, Manna knows to put one and a half cups-worth into your cart).

Right now, Amazon is the only grocery vendor connected to the app, which isn’t going to sit well with some users. The team at Manna is aware of that concern and is investigating working with other supermarkets, including local and independent grocers. But, they say, there are some upsides to the Amazon partnership, even if you’re wary of gazillionaire-owned mega-corps, namely that Amazon can bring ingredients directly to people who live far from full-service grocery stores or have health concerns that make in-person shopping a challenge. In most states, Amazon Fresh can accept SNAP EBT for eligible items and waives the Prime subscription requirement for SNAP EBT shoppers. And, of course, shopping with Amazon is not essential to using the recipe functions of Manna.

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MAVERICKS & LEGENDS: Simon Graj, The Co-founder Of Graj & Gustavsen

MR magazine shares profiles of industry execs whose vision, creativity, and courage continue to inspire us.

New York, N.Y. — Today’s thought leader is Graj & Gustavsen co-founder Simon Graj, whose brand transformation agency has guided numerous brands – both established and up-and-coming such as the new footwear line Pinnz – through a changing and challenging marketplace.

For several decades, Simon Graj, his brother Ray, their business partner Eric Gustavsen, (more recently joined by Simon’s son Ashley), have created successful marketing campaigns for some of the world’s top brands.

Levi’s, Brooks Brothers, Supima, Timberland, Kohls, Ross Stores, Capezio, Harley Davidson, to name just a few. How ironic, therefore, that Graj now maintains that mega-brands are no longer in charge, that being dressed head to toe by a name designer no longer reflects the current zeitgeist.
“We’re moving into an era of unique, limited edition product,” he explains. “Products that are less affected by advertising and marketing. It seems the more commercial something is, the less desirable, which is why microbreweries are challenging Budweiser, and Harry’s is outselling Gillette.

“What’s more, artificial intelligence tracks us every step of the way so we get fed more information than we can ingest. AI has created an enormous feeding machine that knows everything we consume, every move we make. We think we’re free to make our own choices but we’re tracked so that our choices are dictated by data. And this paradox continues to divide us.

“I believe advertising will adjust and will ultimately become more savvy. We’ll see more life-enhancing product, more companies creating special limited editions, more collaborations that don’t exploit the brand, that offer credibility beyond trafficking in consumption.

Graj insists that today’s brands need a purpose, or at least genuine core values. “Be it sustainability, diversity, social justice, a brand today must stand for something. And not just for marketing purposes: authenticity matters; brands must truly care about saving the planet or improving the world. Not that the cause need be so lofty: it can be as simple as making the best possible product, or solving a problem like Untuckit and Smartwool have done. But brands have to stand for something; they can’t be just another designer or denim collection. People have more important things to worry about than which designer labels are cool and what to wear with what.”

As for growth opportunities in apparel, Graj sees further potential in performance, outdoors and workwear. “Branding in the future will mean fewer SKUs and more ideas,” he concludes. “More relevance, more transparency and more integrity. In addition to running a business with far less waste, retailing should provide a dynamically different experience, guiding customers to find clothing that makes an individual statement, that reflects their personal DNA. It should fulfill our eternal quest for identity, reflecting who we are and how we want to present ourselves to the world.”

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