According to Sean John, Finish Line stores are now selling Sean John footwear. You can use the store locator on the Finish Line website to find a location near you.
Sean John has released a pair of promotional videos featuring Mike Woodson, coach of the New York Knicks basketball team, and Guerrimo Rigondeaux, a boxer from Cuban. Watch below.
Women's Wear Daily reports that Sean John has hired two new executives: Vincent Panzanella as vice president of marketing and Dean Arcuri as vice president of creative direction.
Panzanella previously worked as Tommy Hilfiger's senior director of marketing, while Arcuri was marketing director at Ralph Lauren.
"I'm excited to have both Vincent and Dean as part of our new team," said Sean John president Jeff Tweedy via press release (below). "I'm confident they will both play critical roles as we continue Sean John's growth and work to energize the brand through dynamic new marketing initiatives and the creation of a strong visual identity in the media, at retail and online."
According to reports by Vibe and MediaPost, Sean John, Macy's and the NBA have signed a multi-year agreement that will highlight the Sean John brand during the musical performances at this year's NBA All-Star Game and during in-store Macy's events where NBA players will appear alongside fashion from Sean John.
Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Fall Out Boy and more will perform during the All-Star Game festivities, the "Entertainment Series presented by Sean John at Macy's."
Sean John has released the clip below from the recent Macy's Glamorama event where Diddy appeared and Sean John presented. Macy's CEO Terry Lungren and Sharon Stone are featured in the video.
Sean John has released a behind the scenes feature from the fall/holiday 2012 campaign photo shoot. Among those modeling the line is Diddy and his son, Christian.
The Facebook page of Paul Wilmot Communications, who counts Sean John among their clients, has a scan from the October 27 issue of Women's Wear Daily, discussing the growing retail space will has been and will be afforded in Macy's stores, with whom it has an exclusive distribution agreement.
A 2,000 square foot area, in a prime location, was just unveiled at Macy's Herald Square in New York, New York. Last month, a similarly themed, though smaller, space in Macy's Union Square flagship store in San Francisco. Macy's plans to have 10 more of these newly enhanced in-store shops launched in 2012.
Furthermore, Sean John has announced a licensing deal with SJ Retail LLC, which was founded and will be run by Bob Hyde, who previously was in charge of retail operations at Crocs. Under the terms of the 20 year contract, SJ Retail will acquire the leases of the eight Sean John outlet stores, including the existing inventory, and will be required to open 3 stores a year for each of the next 10 years.
At least some of these new stores are expected to be full price retail stores, as opposed to outlet stores. At this time, Sean John only has one full priced retail store - a location in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport, which will not be run by SJ Retail.
