Between us, we've spent decades on both sides of the product development equation — as merchants, as innovators, as engineers, and as brand builders. Rene spent 18 years rising through the ranks at Brookstone, from store floor to OVP/DMM, before becoming the Chief Merchandising Officer who grew the Sharper Image brand from $225M to over $800M in annual retail sales. David spent a decade directing merchandising and product development from Hong Kong for Brookstone's Asia Division before leading R&D and eventually VP of Product Development for Sharper Image at Three-Sixty Group.
We built products together. We launched them together. We earned NPD #1 rankings together. Along the way, David spent a decade on the ground in Hong Kong and across Asia, building the factory relationships and sourcing infrastructure that now underpins every HALO engagement. And we developed a shared point of view: most brands fail at retail not because their product is bad, but because no one connected the product strategy to the commercial reality of the shelf.
That's the gap Spark by HALO was built to close. We combine merchant-level market intelligence with engineering-grade product execution, in a single integrated engagement. No handoffs between agencies. No translation loss between creative and technical. One team, accountable from concept to launch.
