Kit and Ace Reviews

Pros

- Product! - New owners are cultivating a fun culture with an emphasis on empowering their people. - Love the start up life; you get to work cross functional with all departments, learn a ton about retail and assist in building a brand.

Cons

- Being associated with the past, and needing to educate on the new brand direction. - The business is focused on earning the right to grow. Which means moderate growth

Advice to Management

Continue telling the new Kit and Aces story and direction. In my opinion it is all about generating awareness. Otherwise great product and bike vision; love my classic ride pant :-)

Pros

Have been working at Kit and Ace for almost 2 years, absolutely love working here. Company has a great people culture, they really take care of the employees. Senior management is always motivating team members to achieve personal and work goals. Definitely a great bunch of people to work, who feel like family.

Cons

Can't think of any at the moment.

Pros

- Being apart of company transition and seeing that evolution hit all departments. - Transitioning to a brand for the modern commuter and leaving luxury in our past. - Family like mentality with strong people and culture supports. - Healthy cross functional communication between retail and office - further building this family like culture. - You wear many hats (could be a con so some). A willingness to spread beyond...

Cons

- Many associate the old Kit and Ace with the Kit and Ace of today. I personally consider the KA of today a completely different company.

Pros

Feedback- everyone from our educations to our Shop Directors, to our Leadership Team and our CEO George allows us to give direct feedback to them. It is welcomed and in some cases my direct feedback has impacted a decision that is being made. People- the people that I work with are fun and goal oriented. They want to achieve big things in their lives and take an interest in what my goals are too. It feels like I get...

Cons

Lean team. As we grow we will need to add more incredible people to our team so that we can get into the work we need to grow our brand and the business. Excited to have the consistency of a new owner who is passionate about our future so we can start to build a foundation that will continue to be built vs. building a foundation and then having another big company change that requires us to rebuild again (PAST KA)

Advice to Management

Speak louder about the fact that we are a NEW Kit and Ace. Although we have the same name as when we opened in 2014 we are a VERY different company. New culture, new clothing direction, new people. We are creating our future without feeling restricted by our past.

Pros

Casual office, people focused, super friendly co-workers, fun work environment, awesome discount, great people development, can talk to anyone in the office

Cons

office location, clear growth opportunities,

Pros

- The focus is on the people! Whether your goals are within the company or outside of it, we are all supportive and encouraging with everyone in the organization. - CEO is hands-on and gets into the work with us, is approachable and hard working. - We feel like one big family - I have been with the company since 2016 (through many changes) and still feel at home, valued, and challenged here. My personal and professional...

Cons

No downsides that I can think of.

Pros

Great people, the product is nice and you have the chance to learn about the different areas of a retail business (if you show interest). The head office is in a great location and the pay is fair.

Cons

The business growth is slow and the team is small so you will quickly hit a career wall. The strategy isn’t sound so not sure how long the company will be around.

Advice to Management

You can’t erase or change the past, concentrate on what you want to be in the future.

Pros

- ability to learn about many aspects of the business - close team (feels like a family) - new leadership and ownership - pivoting away from technical cashmere - new company and brand focus: Technical Apparel for the modern commuter

Cons

- people still associate our business to things that have happened in the past