Footwear brand with 50-year legacy scaling digital retail and merchandising
Vida Shoes International operates a multi-channel footwear business founded in 1973, now modernizing its go-to-market through Shopify, Magento, and BigCommerce platforms. The hiring mix reveals a marketing-and-design-heavy organization (11 of 17 active roles) focused on seasonal merchandising, digital promotion, and product data accuracy—suggesting a shift from wholesale-dependent operations toward direct-to-consumer and managed inventory execution.
Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director, Creative Director, Social PR Director
Vida Shoes International is a privately held footwear company based in New York, designing and distributing branded shoes through both wholesale and direct channels. The business spans multiple ecommerce platforms (Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce), supported by Salesforce for CRM and a suite of Adobe tools for creative production. Current operational focus includes seasonal collection planning, digital merchandising calendar execution, and email/SMS campaign delivery via Klaviyo and Attentive. Active pain points center on conversion optimization, inventory availability, and organic traffic growth—typical constraints for legacy retail brands scaling ecommerce.
Vida Shoes operates on Shopify, Magento, and BigCommerce, supported by Klaviyo for email/SMS and Attentive for marketing automation.
Active projects include seasonal merchandising calendars, digital merchandising strategy, product data accuracy, digital promotions, and email/SMS campaigns—focused on conversion and sell-through optimization.
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