Meet Grace
Hi, I'm Grace — an independent merchandising consultant and retail strategist
with 15 years of experience building and leading merchandising functions at
one of the world's most recognized athletic brands.
I spent my career at Under Armour, where I grew from Allocation Analyst to
Director of Merchandising — leading the Factory House outlet channel and, most recently, the ecommerce merchandising function. Along the way, I built
and developed teams of merchants, drove data-driven assortment strategies,
and partnered across finance, planning, design, and marketing to deliver
results at scale.
My love of retail started on the floor of a Gap store in my teens. It grew
into a career defined by one belief: the best merchandising decisions come
from equal parts analytical rigor and genuine customer understanding.
After 15 years at Under Armour, I launched By Grace Dennison, LLC to bring
that same enterprise-level expertise to nonprofits organizations that are looking to create sustainable and reliable funding sources through product.
Whether you're organization is building and launching merch for the the first time or you are an established national brand looking for a strategic outside
perspective, I can help you turn your product into a dependable and stable revenue stream that feeds back into your core programming and mission.
Want to learn more?
Schedule a free 25-minute consultation and let's explore how I can help.
What I bring to the table
My background spans the full merchandising lifecycle — from initial assortment strategy and buying through inventory management, lifecycle planning, and end-of-life optimization. I've worked in off-price, outlet, and ecommerce channels, giving me a rare cross-channel lens that most consultants don't have.
I've led organizations through rapid growth, business disruptions, and strategic pivots — including a $100M cost reduction during COVID-era disruption and a full ecommerce assortment restructure that improved full-price penetration by 500 basis points.
I work best with brands that are ready to move from reactive to strategic —
and want a partner who has done it before at scale.