Chris Waldeck, co-COO and global president for Lee at Kontoor Brands along with John Gearing, managing director for Asia Pacific on India performance, partner and plans…
Chris Waldeck (CW), co-COO and global president for Lee at Kontoor Brands and John Gearing (JG), managing director for Asia Pacific, Kontoor Brands have been on a whirlwind week-long tour of Asia – stopping in Seoul, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Waldeck and Gearing were in Bengaluru as part of their last leg of Asia tour and to study India as a market and to take stock of their two-year-old partnership with tech enabler and franchisee operator Ace Turtle. In 2020, Kontoor Brands had appointed Ace Turtle as its India license partner for Lee and Wrangler brands. In a video interview from Bengaluru, Waldeck and Gearing spoke to IndiaRetailing’s Rasul Bailay on Monday.