NOTABLE FEATURES
Impacted Fortune 50 companies' global business, a combined value exceeding $76.6 billion, and grew iconic brands' accounts valued at over $90 million, such as: Sam's Club / Walmart, The Michaels Companies, JoAnn, Hobby Lobby, Big Lots as well as collaborated with d. stevens (luxury), Morex Ribbon, and Jascotina, Inc.
Website Snapshot
Snapshots of Sam's Club dotcom (Walmart)
global e-commerce websites. Amanda collaborated with
Sam's extraordinary global teams in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Asia. She also created copy for product webpages which drove sales, plus she assisted their Marketing and Merchandising teams in coordinating ribbon samples
for lifestyle imagery and corporate events.
In addition, Amanda assisted in the designs and concepts of sustainable and recyclable
displays, spool flanges and craft paper swatch hangers (above) supporting worldwide Sam's Clubs (Walmart) stores marketing and merchandising initiatives.
Product Design and Development
Exclusive trim examples (below) designed and developed for Sam's Club (Walmart) Member's Mark brand by Amanda Giddens, CCO, showcasing fresh trend, color stories, print designs, product development
including base cloth textures, edge treatments and
production processes such as printing and weaving.
High performing and sold thru styles repeated annually.
E-commerce USA and Canada
Michaels eCommerce inspirational imagery featuring Celebrate It brand with exclusive fabric trim designed and developed by Amanda Giddens with the
highly creative team at Michaels. Many of her designs result in high volume sales,
or even sell out (see below) before the out of store date. These styles
are reintroduced, and sometimes refreshed, annually.
Website Snapshot
Snapshot (below) of Michaels e-comm site featuring the iconic Celebrate It brand, with programs co-created by Amanda Giddens with the skilled buyer and product development manager at Michaels.
Close up examples (below) of Michaels fabric trim assortment showcasing fresh trend, color stories, print designs, product development including new base cloth textures, a variety of edge treatments and production processes such as printing and weaving. Ribbon exclusively designed and developed for Celebrate It brand by Amanda Giddens, CCO, with Michaels' team. She assisted with Marketing and Merchandising concepts for new programs.
Product Design
and Development
Inspirational Lifestyle Imagery for E-commerce
Joann e-commerce
inspirational imagery featuring the
Place & Time Christmas brand with exclusive fabric trim designed
and developed by Amanda Giddens with Joann's skilled buying team.
Snapshot of the Joann website
featuring the iconic Place & Time brand's ribbon as inspirational imagery and spools by trend story.
Ecommerce Snapshot
USA Brick-and-Mortar Retail Program
Close up examples (below) of Joann's custom fabric ribbon assortment showcasing fresh trend, color stories, print designs, product development including new base cloth textures, a variety of edge treatments and production processes such as printing and weaving. These ribbons and many others were exclusively designed and or developed for Place & Time brand by Amanda Giddens, CCO.
Product Design
and Development
...plus many more exclusive brands and global companies
not shown.
conceptual hat renderings
close-up of topiary hat
Tricia Johnson and I at Thurby
The Kentucky Derby Museum
Hat contest winner of It’s My Derby, on display at Churchill Downs (above left image) millinery museum display. The topiary headpiece is secured by ladies’ brassiere straps honoring cancer survivors.