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Catching Up With Stephen Teglas, Senior Vice-President, Fashion and Home, Disney Consumer Products

In the early days of Disney’s tween programming, fashion merely served as the backdrop for the characters when it came to licensed merchandise. But now, it’s become the cornerstone to Disney’s tween licensing strategy. The bi-annual Disney D23 Expo, held this past August in Anaheim, Calif., featured the event’s first-ever fashion show highlighting the latest styles from its tween-targeted fashion line D-Signed. Stephen Teglas, senior vice-president of fashion and home at Disney Consumer Products, discusses its tween strategy.

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Klout score. Alexa ranking. Google analytics. Search engine optimization. Hashtag. If these terms are una lingua straniera—a foreign language—then it’s time to get educated. At one time, reaching a target audience was relatively easy. Everyone knew that TV ads worked in certain instances while a print campaign was better in other situations. There were tried-and-true ways to get the word out about a product. The plan was crafted and implemented and then everyone waited for the sales to start rolling in.