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Rhone Announces Two New Board Members

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Monday, March 25, 2024

STAMFORD, Conn., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhone, the performance lifestyle brand dedicated to championing mental fitness, today announced the appointment of Tess Roering, who previously held executive leadership roles at CorePower Yoga and Athleta, and Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN Chairman, to its board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • Roering and Pitaro join Nate Checketts, CEO & Co-Founder of Rhone; Dave Checketts, Managing Partner of Checketts Partners Investment Fund; Jon Owsley, Managing Partner at L Catterton; Simon Hill-Norton, Investor & Co-Founder of Sweaty Betty; and Carras Holmstead, Investment Partner at Palistar Capital & Co-Founder of Rhone, to Rhone's board of directors.
  • "We are thrilled to announce the addition of Tess and Jimmy to Rhone's board," said Nate Checketts, CEO & Co-Founder, Rhone.
  • "The Rhone team has built such a compelling performance lifestyle brand for men," said Tess Roering.
  • The appointment of Roering and Pitaro to Rhone's board comes in the lead up to the launch of Rhone's first women's collection, debuting in May.

Experts in Tech and Politics Merge to Launch Needle PR: The Communications Agency that Makes A Point

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Friday, March 1, 2024

NEW YORK, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Needle, the communications agency that makes a point, announced its launch today.

Key Points: 
  • New agency applies cross-industry expertise to move the needle for companies, venture funds, and movements shaping our world
    NEW YORK, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Needle , the communications agency that makes a point, announced its launch today.
  • That's why our guiding principle is 'make a point' – we get to the heart of why you matter.
  • Needle will focus on finding the common thread that connects clients to stories that matter and advance their goals.
  • Needle provides a full range of services from communications strategy and media relations to content development and thought leadership.

Spade Raises a $10M Flourish Ventures-led Series A to Provide Card Issuers with the Most Comprehensive and Truly Real-Time Merchant Intelligence to Power Critical Authorization Decisions

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spade, the fastest and most accurate provider of real-time merchant intelligence for the card ecosystem, closed a $10M Series A round led by Flourish Ventures with continued participation from a16z, Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator, Dash Fund, and Everywhere Ventures (The Fund).

Key Points: 
  • Spade provides the fastest and most accurate real-time merchant intelligence card issuers use to improve fraud models.
  • Nearly 2 billion credit card transactions are processed daily on infrastructure that hasn't changed since the 1960s.
  • Based on this string of text, the card issuer must make a vital authorization decision in under two seconds.
  • Card issuers spend over $30 billion in dispute costs and lose over $32 billion to credit card fraud annually.

Victoria’s Secret Presents: The Tour ’23 – Now Streaming on Prime Video

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Victoria’s Secret is thrilled to announce that Victoria’s Secret: The Tour’23 is now available to stream on Prime Video. Part documentary, part spectacular fashion event – the exclusive showcase will captivate audiences and provide a viewing experience that celebrates Victoria’s Secret’s mission to uplift and champion women all over the world.

Key Points: 
  • REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Victoria’s Secret is thrilled to announce that Victoria’s Secret: The Tour’23 is now available to stream on Prime Video .
  • Fans of The Tour can embark on their own fashion journey by shopping a collection of styles inspired by the show, now available on VictoriasSecret.com and in the Victoria’s Secret Amazon Fashion storefront.
  • The collection includes exclusive styles, from corsets and robes, to bras and lingerie sets in a variety of colorways and sizes.
  • Viewers can shop this collection while watching on Prime Video with Amazon’s X-Ray feature.

Bailard's Tess Gruenstein Honored with Prestigious Industry Award

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

The inaugural 2023 class of P&I’s Influential Women in Institutional Investing recognized 65 industry leaders.

Key Points: 
  • The inaugural 2023 class of P&I’s Influential Women in Institutional Investing recognized 65 industry leaders.
  • As a woman in commercial real estate, Tess works to serve as a spokesperson, role model, and advocate, consistently promoting her team’s work.
  • Tess seeks to drive positive change and create a more equitable and inclusive workplace culture for women in real estate.
  • I will proudly pay this forward as we support the next wave of women in the business.”
    Bailard extends its heartfelt congratulations to Tess Gruenstein for this well-deserved recognition.

Tess Grace Joins Integrity as President of Integrity Life

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

DALLAS, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity"), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced Tess Grace will become President of Integrity's life insurance division called Integrity Life. With more than 30 years of extensive industry experience, Grace will oversee Integrity's robust and expanding life insurance efforts and will work closely with Integrity's industry-leading partners and members of the executive leadership team to continue to accelerate Integrity's growth in the life insurance and long-term care markets.

Key Points: 
  • Experienced, top-tier executive will lead Integrity's efforts to provide innovative life insurance solutions to agents and consumers as part of its holistic life, health and wealth mission
    DALLAS, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity"), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced Tess Grace will become President of Integrity's life insurance division called Integrity Life.
  • "With Tess Grace at the helm of Integrity Life, we have a leader dedicated to accelerating our transformative growth who will magnify opportunities for all of us to serve consumers in more holistic ways," shared Bryan W. Adams, Co-Founder and CEO of Integrity.
  • "Integrity is committed to bringing on the best and brightest leaders in our industry, and Tess is the perfect leader at the perfect time.
  • As President of Integrity Life, Tess Grace will be responsible for leading Integrity's life insurance division.

National Geographic Unveils Trailer for Upcoming Limited Series A SMALL LIGHT, Starring Bel Powley, Joe Cole and Liev Schreiber

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Today, National Geographic released the trailer from the upcoming eight-part limited series A SMALL LIGHT.

Key Points: 
  • Today, National Geographic released the trailer from the upcoming eight-part limited series A SMALL LIGHT.
  • For the full series run, two episodes will debut every Monday at 9/8c on National Geographic, stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu , and will be available on the Nat Geo TV and ABC apps.
  • A SMALL LIGHT is produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios for National Geographic.
  • For Keshet Studios executive producers are Peter Traugott and Lisa Roos, Alon Shtruzman for Keshet International, and Avi Nir for Keshet Media Group.

H&M STRENGTHENS MISSION OF INCLUSIVITY BY EXPANDING THEIR EXTENDED SIZE OFFERING IN THE U.S.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- H&M U.S. has expanded their extended size assortment, featuring products that go up to 2XL in stores for ladies and men and up to 4XL online for ladies and 3XL for men. Acknowledging the industry-wide challenges that prohibits size inclusive change, H&M U.S. is taking steps to make the brand more inclusive for the plus-size community by having an explicit focus on offering a more comprehensive and diverse assortment of sizes for all body types.

Key Points: 
  • "We are proud to be working with Tess, who has been instrumental in helping us ensure we are delivering an inclusive customer offering and experience."
  • "Throughout my career I have strived to make impactful changes to the plus size industry in real, lasting ways.
  • I'm thrilled to step into this role and continue showing everyone that plus size fashion doesn't mean sacrificing style."
  • The new extended size styles are now prominently featured on HM.com for easy navigation.

New White Paper from The Lacek Group Demonstrates the Need for Loyalty Strategies in Health Care

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Data show convergence of healthcare consumerism and the retailing of healthcare trends

Key Points: 
  • The Lacek Group , an Ogilvy Experience company and national leader in loyalty and customer engagement, announces it has published a new white paper, " Loyalty in Health Care: The Time Is Now ."
  • The paper shares new data demonstrating the dramatic changes in consumer expectations toward health care.
  • "Health is personal; health care is not," says white paper author Tess MacGibbon, senior director of Thought Leadership and Health Care at The Lacek Group.
  • The white paper demonstrates that people want more personalized and consumer-centric health care:
    Customer expectations are informed by experiences outside of health care.

National Geographic Announces Premiere Date for Limited Series A Small Light; Told With a Modern Sensibility, A Small Light Tells the Remarkable True Story of Miep Gies, Who Risked Everything to Hide Anne Frank and Her Family in Amsterdam

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

New episodes will debut every Monday at 9/8c and 10/9c on National Geographic and will stream next day on Disney+.

Key Points: 
  • New episodes will debut every Monday at 9/8c and 10/9c on National Geographic and will stream next day on Disney+.
  • When we heard about Miep and Jan’s inherent strength in risking their lives for others during the occupation, we were blown away.
  • A SMALL LIGHT is produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios for National Geographic.
  • Executive producers are Peter Traugott and Lisa Roos for Keshet Studios, Alon Shtruzman for Keshet International, and Avi Nir for Keshet Media Group.