Calvin Klein Cozies Up to Amazon for Tech-Savvy Pop-Ups

Many have questioned whether Amazon can become a destination for high-end fashion instead of simply a purveyor of apparel basics. Now, Calvin Klein is signaling its faith in the e-commerce platform with the advent of the Calvin Klein X Amazon Fashion holiday retail experience, shoppable through the end of the year.The companies are bringing the experience to New York City and Los Angeles via pop-up shops and online at the brand store: amazon.com/mycalvins.The holiday retail experience is a first between Amazon Fashion and Calvin Klein, and will include exclusive styles available only to Amazon customers at the pop-ups and the online brand store. The pop-ups will be located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood and in the city of Santa Monica in Los Angeles. Each location will sell Calvin Klein underwear products, including men’s and women’s underwear and loungewear offerings, while the online Calvin Klein brand store will offer an expanded selection of both underwear and jeans. ”We are proud to collaborate with Amazon Fashion on this exciting retail concept,” said Cheryl Abel-Hodges, head of Calvin Klein Underwear and president, The Underwear Group of PVH. “It is our goal to deliver an immersive and content-driven shopping environment to the consumer, and we are thrilled to introduce this experience to Calvin klein and Amazon shoppers, both online and offline, just in time for the holiday season.”Visitors to the pop-up shops will be able to easily purchase by scanning a bar code in the Amazon app and having their items delivered to their home, or they can purchase in-store. Fitting rooms will contain Amazon Echo devices, which will allow shoppers to ask Alexa various questions about the Calvin Klein product and experience, control lighting features, and play music of their choice.Both pop-up shops will feature areas aimed to engage and entertain customers. Customization stations will allow shoppers to have their purchased underwear items personalized with special embroidery. Content creation spaces will encourage shoppers to create their own unique, sharable social media clips. Lounge areas will connect shoppers between the bi-coastal shops via video calling on the Amazon Echo Show, allowing them to interact and share exciting content in real time.Throughout the holiday season, the shops will host special events with notable personalities, including supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and comedian and author Lilly Singh. Both Kloss and Singh are featured in the Amazon.com/mycalvins brand shop and prominently in store throughout the duration of the holiday retail experience.“The holiday season is one of the most important shopping times for our customers, and we are delighted to team up with Calvin Klein to provide a fun, interactive experience that connects our customers to product in an engaging way,” stated Michelle Rothman, vice president at Amazon Fashion.

Calvin Klein Cozies Up to Amazon for Tech-Savvy Pop-Ups

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