But this year, many candidates are getting particularly creative with merchandise in order to bring in extra dollars, promote name recognition, and gain momentum.
Bonnie Mackay, the museum's director of merchandising, creative and marketing, explained: "My team and I act as detectives — we go there and we look.
Then there were those like the enviably lean Tori Mellott, creative deputy of merchandising for Martha Stewart, who came as contemporary figures.
Consider the tree at the home of Bonnie Mackay, the former director of creative marketing and merchandising at the Museum of Modern Art, who retired this year, and her husband, Bob Eisenhardt, a documentary film editor.
Say instead, "Michael's sophisticated grasp of database architecture, combined with an innate feel for UX design and a warm, personal approach to his in-company client base dramatically improved the productivity of our company's merchandising, creative, and editorial departments.
The storefront is offering vistors the chance to purchase a piece of English's Pop-influenced art, as well as original clothing from High Times, brought about by the publication's merchandise creative director, Brian Wood.
She traveled the world over the course of 30 years in business and retired as Senior Vice President -Creative Merchandising for what was then a $12 billion corporation, According to Cathie Black, Fran broke the "glass ceiling" as one of the highest-ranking women in fashion publishing and retail merchandising.
And Feldman's background in merchandising and creative seemed like the perfect complement to her business development and digital media skills.
Feldman can focus on OKL's merchandising and creative future, in part because of her strong, complementary partnership with Pincus, who is focused on business development and deals.
