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- 0:00Entertainment
- 0:01is
- 0:01this
- 0:01week's
- 0:02buzzword
- 0:02or
- 0:03is
- 0:03it
- 0:03retailtainment?
- 0:04I
- 0:05can't
- 0:05wait
- 0:05to
- 0:05get
- 0:05producer
- 0:06Ella's
- 0:06take
- 0:06on
- 0:06this
- 0:06one
- 0:07because
- 0:07I
- 0:07have
- 0:07a
- 0:07feeling
- 0:07I
- 0:07know
- 0:07where
- 0:08she's
- 0:08going
- 0:08to
- 0:08go
- 0:08at
- 0:08the
- 0:08end
- 0:08of
- 0:08the
- 0:09show,
- 0:09but
- 0:09maybe
- 0:09she's
- 0:09going
- 0:09to
- 0:10throw
- 0:10me
- 0:10for
- 0:10a
- 0:10loop.
- 0:11But
- 0:11entertainment
- 0:12is
- 0:12the
- 0:12week's
- 0:12buzzword.
- 0:13With
- 0:13Fanatics
- 0:13launching
- 0:14Fanatics
- 0:14Studio
- 0:14and
- 0:15Gap
- 0:15Inc.
- 0:15Creating
- 0:16a
- 0:16chief
- 0:16entertainment
- 0:17officer
- 0:17role.
- 0:18According
- 0:19to
- 0:19CNBC
- 0:19and
- 0:19PR
- 0:20Newswire,
- 0:20Fanatics
- 0:21launched
- 0:21a
- 0:21joint
- 0:22venture
- 0:22with
- 0:22OBB
- 0:23Media
- 0:23to
- 0:24create
- 0:24content
- 0:24at
- 0:25the
- 0:25intersection
- 0:25of
- 0:25sports
- 0:26and
- 0:26culture
- 0:26with
- 0:26projects
- 0:27including
- 0:27ESPN's
- 0:28Spies,
- 0:29a
- 0:29Tom
- 0:29Brady
- 0:29documentary.
- 0:30Oh
- 0:30yeah,
- 0:30you
- 0:30know
- 0:30I'm
- 0:31going
- 0:31to
- 0:31love
- 0:31that
- 0:31one.
- 0:31And
- 0:32partnerships
- 0:32with
- 0:32WWE,
- 0:33MLB
- 0:34and
- 0:34the
- 0:342028
- 0:35Olympics.
- 0:36Gap
- 0:36Inc.
- 0:37Also
- 0:37appointed
- 0:37Pam
- 0:38Kaufman,
- 0:38former
- 0:39president
- 0:39of
- 0:39Paramount's
- 0:40international
- 0:41markets
- 0:41and
- 0:41consumer
- 0:42Products,
- 0:42as
- 0:43its
- 0:43first
- 0:43ever
- 0:43chief
- 0:44entertainment
- 0:44officer
- 0:45to
- 0:45lead
- 0:45its
- 0:46quote,
- 0:46fashionment
- 0:47strategy.
- 0:48Gap
- 0:49Inc.
- 0:49Is
- 0:49also
- 0:49opening
- 0:50a
- 0:50Los
- 0:50Angeles
- 0:51office
- 0:51on
- 0:51Sunset
- 0:52Boulevard
- 0:52to
- 0:52embed
- 0:53itself
- 0:53in
- 0:53the
- 0:53entertainment
- 0:54ecosystem,
- 0:55building
- 0:55on
- 0:55partnerships
- 0:56like
- 0:56Gap's
- 0:56Better
- 0:57in
- 0:57Denim
- 0:57campaign
- 0:57with
- 0:58Cat's
- 0:58Eye
- 0:58and,
- 0:59and
- 0:59Old
- 0:59Navy's
- 1:00Disney
- 1:00collaboration
- 1:01and
- 1:02Crystal
- 1:02Ball
- 1:03Time.
- 1:03If
- 1:03you
- 1:03look
- 1:03into
- 1:04the
- 1:04future,
- 1:05who
- 1:05will
- 1:05wear
- 1:06its
- 1:06entertainment
- 1:06strategy
- 1:07better,
- 1:07Fanatics
- 1:08or
- 1:08Gap?
- 1:10I
- 1:10think
- 1:10this
- 1:10is
- 1:11a
- 1:11really
- 1:11easy
- 1:11question.
- 1:12I
- 1:12mean
- 1:12it's
- 1:13Fanatics,
- 1:13it's
- 1:14sports,
- 1:14this
- 1:15is
- 1:15America.
- 1:16They
- 1:16have
- 1:16the
- 1:18flywheel.
- 1:19I
- 1:19mean
- 1:19sports
- 1:20might
- 1:20be
- 1:20the
- 1:20only
- 1:20thing
- 1:21left
- 1:21to
- 1:21unite
- 1:22us
- 1:22as
- 1:23a
- 1:23people
- 1:23anymore.
- 1:24So
- 1:24I
- 1:24think
- 1:24that
- 1:25Fanatics
- 1:25has
- 1:26the
- 1:26best,
- 1:27the
- 1:27best
- 1:28forecast
- 1:29for
- 1:29this.
- 1:30And
- 1:30especially
- 1:31if
- 1:31you,
- 1:31I
- 1:31think
- 1:31if
- 1:31you
- 1:31look
- 1:32at
- 1:32like
- 1:32just
- 1:32all
- 1:33the
- 1:33success
- 1:33that
- 1:33even
- 1:33independent
- 1:34sports
- 1:35creators
- 1:35have
- 1:35had
- 1:36on
- 1:37their
- 1:37own
- 1:37platforms.
- 1:38Look
- 1:38at
- 1:38Barstool
- 1:39Sports
- 1:39for
- 1:39example.
- 1:40Like
- 1:40it
- 1:40doesn't
- 1:41take
- 1:41much
- 1:41to
- 1:41be
- 1:41successful
- 1:42when
- 1:42sports
- 1:43is
- 1:43your
- 1:43groundwork,
- 1:44is
- 1:44the,
- 1:44the
- 1:45groundwork
- 1:45that
- 1:45you're
- 1:46working
- 1:46off
- 1:46of.
- 1:46So
- 1:48yeah,
- 1:48I
- 1:48think
- 1:48that
- 1:49that
- 1:49goes
- 1:49without
- 1:49saying.
- 1:50I'm
- 1:50a
- 1:50little
- 1:50surprised
- 1:51it
- 1:51took
- 1:51them
- 1:51this
- 1:51long
- 1:52to
- 1:52do
- 1:52that.
- 1:53But,
- 1:53but
- 1:54I
- 1:54have
- 1:54no
- 1:55doubt
- 1:55that
- 1:55they
- 1:56will
- 1:56figure
- 1:56out
- 1:56how
- 1:57to
- 1:57create
- 1:58just
- 1:58as
- 1:58quality
- 1:59of
- 1:59content
- 2:00and
- 2:00be
- 2:00more
- 2:00flexible.
- 2:01They're
- 2:01not
- 2:01working
- 2:02like
- 2:02backward
- 2:02like
- 2:03ESPN
- 2:03is
- 2:03or
- 2:04some
- 2:04of
- 2:04the
- 2:04other
- 2:04sports
- 2:04networks
- 2:05to
- 2:05try
- 2:05to
- 2:05move
- 2:06into
- 2:06a
- 2:06new
- 2:07way
- 2:07of
- 2:07creating
- 2:08entertainment.
- 2:09They're
- 2:09starting
- 2:09with
- 2:09a
- 2:10clean
- 2:10slate
- 2:10with
- 2:11brand
- 2:11new
- 2:11consumers
- 2:12across
- 2:12multiple
- 2:13demographics
- 2:14because
- 2:14of
- 2:14all
- 2:14the
- 2:14other
- 2:15sports
- 2:15betting
- 2:15that
- 2:16they
- 2:16have
- 2:16the,
- 2:16you
- 2:17know,
- 2:17the
- 2:17apparel,
- 2:18they
- 2:18have
- 2:18data
- 2:18from
- 2:19what
- 2:19people
- 2:19are
- 2:19buying.
- 2:20Like
- 2:20they
- 2:20are
- 2:21just
- 2:21in
- 2:21a
- 2:21perfect
- 2:22position
- 2:22to
- 2:23make
- 2:23this
- 2:23work.
- 2:24Now
- 2:24the
- 2:25only
- 2:25thing
- 2:25I
- 2:25will
- 2:25say,
- 2:26Gap
- 2:26obviously
- 2:27is
- 2:27in
- 2:27a
- 2:27totally
- 2:28different
- 2:28spot.
- 2:29Um,
- 2:30I
- 2:30think
- 2:30you
- 2:30really
- 2:30have
- 2:31to
- 2:31look
- 2:31at
- 2:31them
- 2:31differently.
- 2:32I
- 2:32don't
- 2:32think
- 2:32that
- 2:32you
- 2:32can
- 2:33compare.
- 2:34I'm
- 2:34not
- 2:34surprised
- 2:35to
- 2:35see
- 2:35them
- 2:35taking
- 2:36a
- 2:36page
- 2:36out
- 2:36of
- 2:36the
- 2:36Mattel
- 2:37book
- 2:37with
- 2:37Richard
- 2:38Dixon
- 2:38still
- 2:38at
- 2:38the
- 2:39helm.
- 2:39But
- 2:40I
- 2:40think
- 2:40that
- 2:41this
- 2:41is,
- 2:42this
- 2:42is
- 2:42going
- 2:42to
- 2:42be
- 2:42a
- 2:42valuable
- 2:43role
- 2:43for
- 2:43Gap.
- 2:44But
- 2:44I
- 2:44think
- 2:44it's
- 2:44actually
- 2:45just
- 2:45this
- 2:46generation
- 2:47or
- 2:47this
- 2:47era's
- 2:48creative
- 2:48director
- 2:49when
- 2:49it
- 2:49comes
- 2:49to
- 2:49marketing.
- 2:50I
- 2:50don't
- 2:50think
- 2:50this
- 2:51is
- 2:51going
- 2:51to
- 2:51be
- 2:51like
- 2:51we're
- 2:52going
- 2:52to
- 2:52be
- 2:52seeing
- 2:52full
- 2:53on
- 2:53episodes
- 2:54that
- 2:54are,
- 2:54you
- 2:55know,
- 2:55inspired
- 2:56by,
- 2:56you
- 2:56know,
- 2:57Gap
- 2:57apparel
- 2:58or
- 2:58a
- 2:58sweatshirt
- 2:59or
- 2:59something.
- 2:59The
- 2:59way
- 2:59that
- 3:00Fanatics,
- 3:00I
- 3:00think
- 3:00can
- 3:01do
- 3:01this,
- 3:01I
- 3:02think
- 3:02it's
- 3:02really
- 3:02going
- 3:02to
- 3:03be
- 3:03about,
- 3:04you
- 3:04know,
- 3:05how
- 3:05are
- 3:05they
- 3:05getting
- 3:05cat's
- 3:06eye
- 3:06in
- 3:06to
- 3:07create
- 3:07unique
- 3:08content
- 3:08in
- 3:08this
- 3:08studio.
- 3:09I
- 3:09think
- 3:09it's
- 3:09just
- 3:09going
- 3:10to
- 3:10be
- 3:10like
- 3:10a
- 3:10new,
- 3:11a
- 3:11new
- 3:11photo
- 3:12studio
- 3:12or
- 3:12a
- 3:12new
- 3:13creative
- 3:13studio
- 3:14that
- 3:14Gap
- 3:14is
- 3:15using
- 3:15to
- 3:15create
- 3:15some
- 3:16of
- 3:16their
- 3:16own
- 3:16organic
- 3:17content
- 3:18that
- 3:18will
- 3:18help
- 3:18drive
- 3:19marketing
- 3:19traffic
- 3:20to
- 3:20the
- 3:20brand.
- 3:21So
- 3:21I
- 3:21don't
- 3:22think
- 3:22that
- 3:22they're
- 3:22the
- 3:22same
- 3:22thing,
- 3:24but
- 3:24if
- 3:24I
- 3:24have
- 3:24to
- 3:24pick
- 3:24a
- 3:24winner,
- 3:25it's
- 3:25100%
- 3:26fanatics.
- 3:27Oh,
- 3:27100%
- 3:28it's
- 3:28fanatics.
- 3:28100%
- 3:29it's
- 3:29fanatics.
- 3:30I
- 3:30mean
- 3:30the
- 3:30tie
- 3:30ins
- 3:30are
- 3:30endless
- 3:31sports.
- 3:31You
- 3:31even
- 3:32mentioned
- 3:32the
- 3:32memorabilia
- 3:33side
- 3:33of
- 3:33this
- 3:33too,
- 3:33which
- 3:33is
- 3:34a
- 3:34play
- 3:34that
- 3:34Fanatics
- 3:34is
- 3:35all
- 3:35in
- 3:35on.
- 3:35So.
- 3:35But
- 3:36yeah,
- 3:36and,
- 3:37and,
- 3:37and
- 3:37Gap,
- 3:38like
- 3:38I,
- 3:39I
- 3:39100%
- 3:40agree
- 3:40but
- 3:40I
- 3:40want
- 3:40to
- 3:40ask
- 3:41you
- 3:41a
- 3:41question
- 3:41too
- 3:41because
- 3:42like
- 3:42I,
- 3:42it
- 3:43feels
- 3:43like
- 3:43I
- 3:43had
- 3:43success
- 3:44with
- 3:44Barbie
- 3:44and
- 3:44I'm
- 3:44going
- 3:45to
- 3:45replicate
- 3:45that
- 3:45kind
- 3:45of
- 3:46thing
- 3:46with
- 3:46Gap.
- 3:46But
- 3:47like,
- 3:47do
- 3:47you
- 3:48need
- 3:48a
- 3:48whole
- 3:48LA
- 3:49division
- 3:49on
- 3:49Sunset
- 3:50Boulevard
- 3:51to
- 3:51do
- 3:51this?
- 3:51And
- 3:52like
- 3:52that
- 3:52seems
- 3:53like
- 3:53a
- 3:53gigantic
- 3:54one
- 3:54waste
- 3:54of
- 3:54capital
- 3:55to
- 3:55me
- 3:56because
- 3:56I'm
- 3:56with
- 3:56you.
- 3:56It
- 3:57just
- 3:57seems
- 3:57like,
- 3:58you
- 3:58know,
- 3:59even
- 3:59the
- 3:59cited
- 3:59examples
- 4:00in
- 4:00the
- 4:00press
- 4:00release,
- 4:01those
- 4:01are
- 4:01just
- 4:01garden
- 4:01variety
- 4:02marketing.
- 4:03So
- 4:03I'm
- 4:03not
- 4:03seeing
- 4:03how
- 4:03an
- 4:04entertainment
- 4:04office
- 4:05on
- 4:05Sunset
- 4:05Boulevard
- 4:06is
- 4:06necessarily
- 4:06going
- 4:06to
- 4:07soup
- 4:07that
- 4:07up
- 4:07in
- 4:08a
- 4:08way
- 4:08that's
- 4:08going
- 4:08to
- 4:08pay
- 4:08back
- 4:09with
- 4:09ROI
- 4:09over
- 4:10the
- 4:10time.
- 4:10It
- 4:10just
- 4:11seems
- 4:11super
- 4:12expensive.
- 4:12Yeah,
- 4:13I
- 4:13think
- 4:14it's
- 4:14be,
- 4:14I
- 4:14would
- 4:15say,
- 4:15you
- 4:15know,
- 4:16do
- 4:16brands
- 4:16have
- 4:16their
- 4:17own
- 4:17photo
- 4:17studios
- 4:18and
- 4:18video
- 4:18studios
- 4:19to
- 4:19save
- 4:19money
- 4:20on
- 4:20fees
- 4:20that
- 4:20they're
- 4:21paying?
- 4:21Absolutely.
- 4:22So
- 4:22if
- 4:22they
- 4:22got
- 4:22a
- 4:23smoke
- 4:23and
- 4:23deal
- 4:24in
- 4:24L.
- 4:24A
- 4:24where
- 4:25all
- 4:25of
- 4:25the
- 4:25talent
- 4:26is
- 4:26that
- 4:26they're
- 4:26going
- 4:26to
- 4:26want
- 4:26to
- 4:27do
- 4:27collaborations
- 4:27with
- 4:28instead
- 4:28of,
- 4:28you
- 4:28know,
- 4:29expecting
- 4:29people
- 4:30to
- 4:30fly
- 4:30through
- 4:30to
- 4:30San
- 4:31Francisco
- 4:31like
- 4:32that,
- 4:32that
- 4:32it
- 4:32just,
- 4:33again,
- 4:33it's
- 4:33marketing.
- 4:34It's
- 4:34not
- 4:34about
- 4:35a
- 4:35content
- 4:36studio
- 4:36and
- 4:36like
- 4:37massive,
- 4:38you
- 4:38know,
- 4:39Paramount
- 4:39productions,
- 4:40this
- 4:40is
- 4:41about
- 4:41how
- 4:42they're
- 4:42Thinking
- 4:42about,
- 4:43we
- 4:44had
- 4:44success
- 4:44with
- 4:44Cat's
- 4:45Eye,
- 4:45we
- 4:45had
- 4:45success
- 4:46with
- 4:46this
- 4:46choir.
- 4:47Now
- 4:47what
- 4:47can
- 4:48we
- 4:48do?
- 4:48We
- 4:48can
- 4:48have
- 4:49it
- 4:49in
- 4:49L.
- 4:49A
- 4:49and
- 4:49we
- 4:49can
- 4:50shoot
- 4:50it
- 4:50all
- 4:50ourselves
- 4:51on
- 4:51our
- 4:51property
- 4:52without
- 4:52having
- 4:52to
- 4:53hire
- 4:53people.
- 4:53Like
- 4:54this
- 4:54is
- 4:54just
- 4:55making
- 4:55their
- 4:55marketing
- 4:56better.
- 4:57And
- 4:57so
- 4:58I
- 4:58don't
- 4:58hate
- 4:58it.
- 4:58I
- 4:59think
- 4:59it's
- 4:59just
- 4:59how
- 4:59it's
- 5:00being.
- 5:00It's.
- 5:01I
- 5:01think
- 5:01they're
- 5:01trying
- 5:01to
- 5:02capture
- 5:02this
- 5:02like
- 5:03chief
- 5:03storyteller
- 5:05role.
- 5:05This,
- 5:05you
- 5:06know,
- 5:06this
- 5:06director,
- 5:07this
- 5:07fashion
- 5:08tainment
- 5:08thing.
- 5:09Like
- 5:09they're
- 5:09trying
- 5:09to
- 5:09gather
- 5:10PR
- 5:10for
- 5:11that.
- 5:11But
- 5:11I
- 5:11don't
- 5:11think
- 5:11that's
- 5:12what
- 5:12this
- 5:12ultimately
- 5:13is
- 5:13about.
- 5:13That's
- 5:13interesting
- 5:14too.
- 5:14Like,
- 5:14you
- 5:14know,
- 5:14I
- 5:14keep
- 5:14going.
- 5:15I
- 5:15actually
- 5:16I
- 5:16texted
- 5:16our
- 5:16buddy
- 5:17Simeon
- 5:17Sewell
- 5:17the
- 5:18other
- 5:18day
- 5:18when
- 5:18I
- 5:18was
- 5:18at
- 5:18NRF
- 5:19and
- 5:19I
- 5:19said
- 5:19to
- 5:19him
- 5:19what
- 5:19was
- 5:20the
- 5:20number
- 5:20you
- 5:20said?
- 5:20Remember
- 5:21when
- 5:21he,
- 5:21we
- 5:21interviewed
- 5:21him
- 5:21and
- 5:21he
- 5:21said
- 5:22there's,
- 5:22there's
- 5:22a
- 5:23number
- 5:23that
- 5:23you
- 5:23know,
- 5:24that
- 5:24especially
- 5:24results
- 5:25just
- 5:25can't
- 5:25get
- 5:25above.
- 5:25And
- 5:26he
- 5:26said
- 5:26it's
- 5:26like
- 5:263
- 5:26billion
- 5:27to
- 5:27$4
- 5:27billion.
- 5:28And
- 5:28like
- 5:29that's
- 5:29when
- 5:29I
- 5:29started
- 5:29thinking
- 5:29about
- 5:30these
- 5:30strategies
- 5:30where
- 5:31I'm
- 5:31like
- 5:31these
- 5:32strategies,
- 5:32they
- 5:33only
- 5:33work
- 5:33for
- 5:33a
- 5:34time
- 5:34when
- 5:34you
- 5:34leverage
- 5:35the
- 5:35marketing
- 5:35up
- 5:35because
- 5:36you're
- 5:36just.
- 5:36The
- 5:36payroll
- 5:37veto's
- 5:37are
- 5:37just
- 5:37simply
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- 5:43yeah,
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- 5:52who
- 5:53knows?
- 5:53Yeah.
- 5:53Wow.