Global Management Partners, LLC.

What Global Management Partners, LLC. does

Global Management Partners, LLC. (operating as GMP, and also styled Global Management Partners, Inc.) is a U.S.-based private consulting firm headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, with a secondary office in New York. The firm delivers professional services spanning retail consultation, product placement, brand management, marketing, licensing, and creative services to brands, manufacturers, and licensors seeking to enter or expand within the U.S. retail market. Its value proposition is built on 25+ years of claimed relationships with most major U.S. retailers, which it leverages to design and execute retail programs on behalf of clients; named enterprise clients include Alibaba, Budweiser, and Alex and Ani.

The firm's service portfolio is delivered through three primary structures: a core consulting practice organized around retail consultation, product placement, and brand management; a wholly-owned Global Licensing division acting as a full-service licensing agency that connects brands, manufacturers, consumers, and retailers; and a wholly-owned Global Creative division (GMPCreative.com) producing style guides, retail packaging, logo design, and branding assets. A separate marketing services capability, anchored by a Platinum Agency Partner relationship with Sprout Social, adds social media management, influencer marketing, community management, creative web design, content production, and full campaign management to the offering. The underlying technology stack is essentially off-the-shelf — a Wix-hosted website and standard SaaS tooling — with no disclosed proprietary platform, AI/ML capabilities, or data assets.

GMP's business model is professional services and licensing: the firm earns consulting fees and licensing agency revenue on a quote-based, not-publicly-disclosed basis, sold through enterprise field sales and direct retailer engagement. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, with teams working directly with retailers to develop programs. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, institutional investors, or funding history, and has 11–50 employees per third-party firmographics. No revenue, M&A, leadership change, or funding events are reported in the available data.

Name

Global Management Partners, LLC.

Legal name

Global Management Partners, Inc.

Website

https://globalmgtpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Management Partners (GMP) is a U.S. retail and brand consulting firm that helps brands, manufacturers, and licensors secure product placement, licensing deals, and marketing programs through its long-standing relationships with major U.S. retailers. It operates consulting, Global Licensing, and Global Creative divisions from Agoura Hills, CA and New York.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Consulting Services

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

Keywords

• Retail consulting services
• Brand management consulting
• Product placement services
• Licensing agency services
• Creative marketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for retail consultation, product placement, brand management, marketing, licensing, and creative services delivered to brands, manufacturers, and products.
2. Licensing Agency Services: Full-service licensing agency fees for building strategic relationships between brands, manufacturers, consumers, and retailers. Helps extend brands into new categories and generate new revenue streams through licensing relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Global Management Partners, LLC. is a retail and brand consulting firm that helps brands, manufacturers, and products build strategic partnerships with major retailers. It delivers a portfolio of professional services spanning retail consultation, product placement, brand management, marketing, licensing, and creative services, organized through two specialized divisions: Global Licensing and Global Creative.

Product overview

Global Management Partners, LLC. is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services designed to create successful programs and partnerships for clients. The core offering consists of consulting services (Retail Consultation, Product Placement, Brand Management, Marketing, and Creative Services) organized around retail and brand strategy. The company operates two specialized divisions: Global Licensing, which focuses on building strategic licensing relationships with brands, manufacturers, consumers, and retailers across all retail segments; and Global Creative, which provides creative support including style guides, retail packaging, logo design, and branding in conjunction with the other service lines. Together, these services enable clients to execute programs in multiple facets of retail, from product placement and licensing to brand management and social media marketing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Global Licensing

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of successful programs developed, managed, and executed for clients

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sprout SocialcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGMP is a Platinum Agency Partner of Sprout Social, a leading social media management platform. This partnership enables GMP to provide best-in-class social media management services to clients, including social media management, creative services, and community management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Prophet: Larger global brand and marketing consultancy working across customer experience, brand strategy, and transformation. Operates in adjacent space to GMP but at materially larger scale and broader scope.
• Authentic Brands Group (ABG): Global brand owner/licensor that acquires and licenses consumer brands at scale. Operates in GMP's licensing and brand management space but as a principal rather than an advisor, making it an adjacent incumbent rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Daymon: Retail brand management and private-label consulting firm working across retailer-brand partnerships, category development, and go-to-market strategy. Directly analogous to GMP's brand management and product placement services.
• WSL Strategic Retail: Retail consulting firm focused on strategy, merchandising, and how shoppers buy. Directly comparable to GMP's retail consultation and brand management services across consumer goods categories.
• The Partnering Group: Retail strategy consulting firm serving consumer goods manufacturers and retailers with category management, shopper insights, and retail strategy. Closely aligned with GMP's consulting and strategy engagement work.
• Beanstalk: Global brand licensing agency that helps brand owners extend into new categories through strategic licensing partnerships. Directly comparable to GMP's Global Licensing division and core strategy of building retailer/manufacturer/brand relationships.
• The Mars Agency: Retail and shopper marketing agency specializing in driving consumer action at retail. Overlaps with GMP's product placement, brand management, and retail-focused marketing service lines.
• Crayon: Brand and marketing strategy consultancy helping companies sharpen positioning and go-to-market execution. Comparable to GMP's brand management, brand positioning, and marketing strategy engagements.
• UEG (formerly United Entertainment Group): Brand activation, influencer marketing, and retail marketing agency working with major consumer brands. Overlaps with GMP's social media, influencer marketing, and brand management services for retail-focused campaigns.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Global_GMP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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