Hey there everyone my name is Melissa, and this is my first blogging post so bear with me! I am in Lexington, Massachusetts right now working with Collective Brands Inc. The office here is the Performance and Lifestyle group which includes Keds, Sperry Top-Sider, Stride Rite, and Saucony. There are 26 other interns here (mostly from the Mass. area) compared to only 16 last summer! We are all spread out within the brands but also work with each other on a corporate project to present to the company leaders. We started out orientation today with numerous presentations ranging from the company background, an IT introduction, to how a shoe is actually made! After the building tour (which is incredible) we went off to our cubicles in the departments. I met my supervisor and employees that I will be spending the rest of the summer with. There are many projects I will be completing while I am here, which are based around the Stride Rite Children’s Group. I jumped right into some marketing research today as well as attended an ecomm overview meeting of all of the brands. Before I knew it the day was over…I can’t wait to get back in the morning!
-Melissa
