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D-tails New Online Platform This summer, Patrick Coppolecchia Reinartz plans to launch a comprehensive project that could be perceived as a professional and multi-faceted response to the nagging question of how to deal with remnant inventory: the online shop Buyfair.com. He hopes that this website will afford his customers (especially) an opportunity to offer their remnant inventories at a reduced price. The goal is to uncouple the discount promotions from in-store operations and to connect them to a non-profit project. A certain percentage of the sales proceeds are donated to a charity project chosen by the respective company. In exchange for a small administrative fee, Coppolecchia Reinartz shoulders the entire handling process and acts as an interface to the NGOs. “I want to offer retailers a chance to sell their remnant inventories without having to revert to radical in-store price reductions. Instead, they can sell the items at a high standard while supporting social projects”, he explains. The website launch is scheduled for July 2016. In addition, the fashion agency is happy to welcome a few new additions to its brand portfolio, including the American footwear specialist GH Bass with classic loafers for women, the Italian quick-delivery specialist Nanà, and the brand Uptobe. The latter is a project launched by Graziano Gianelli, the former head of Peuterey Group. Labels: 81 Carati Collection, Alpha Studio, Anna F., Bark, Borbonese, Bosideng, Bruno Parise, Camicetta Snob, Costume in, Essent’ial, Fattori Shawls Como, GH Bass, Gherardini, Globe-Trotter, Graziani Jewels, Laboratori Italiani Uomo, Liverani, L(!)W Brand, Lumberjack, Massimo Alba, Nanà, Nicole Benisti, Olivieri Furs, Pianura Studio, Pollini, Quinto Ego, Rialto 48, Riders on the Storm, Spektre Sunglasses, Uptobe, Wally Walker, Wheelbarrow D-tails, Munich/Germany, info@d-tails.de, www.d-tails.de
A new approach by an industry veteran: Graziano Gianelli’s Uptobe is one of the new additions to the brand portfolio of D-tails.
Deluxe Distribution Three New Brands
Circle of Trust stands for snug fits, beautiful details, and an excellent price-performance ratio.
With immediate effect, Deluxe Distribution is the German distributor for Circle of Trust, a jeans brand from the Netherlands. The label, which was founded in 2005, not only offers a wide variety of trousers, but also men’s and women’s jackets, tops, and t-shirts for the commercial mid-price segment. In Germany, the distribution network has been defined as follows: Agentur Jan Westphalen covers the North, while nuBrands is responsible for the East. The South is covered by Concept. From the spring/summer 2017 order season onwards, Agentur Stefan Koch takes responsibility for the West, while Handelsagentur Petra Hanna has been chosen as the distributor for Central Germany. Another new addition to the agency’s portfolio is Pete Sorensen, a footwear brand for which Deluxe Distribution now acts as distributor throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The shoes are designed in Paris, but manufactured in Italy. The third newcomer is Freddy, a brand that hails from northern Italy. Freddy has been deeply entrenched in its home market’s dancing sport industry for decades. Today, it offers fashionable collections with a comprehensive instant delivery programme. Labels: Ben Sherman Footwear, Circle of Trust, Freddy, Kerbholz, Minimum, Minus, Pete Sorensen, Skunkfunk, Smash, United Nude, WeSC Deluxe Distribution, Berlin/Germany, info@deluxe-distribution.de, www.deluxe-distribution.de
Brama Fashion Gallery Munich Antwerp - London And suddenly, there were three more! Brama’s European network has opened new showrooms in Munich and Antwerp, as well as a new office in London. “The decision in favour of Munich was the best decision we could have made for the important German market”, says Janine Knizia, the showroom manager in Germany. The German team added three more members to its ranks during the last season, two of them in Munich. “We are very satisfied with the development and the customers really like the showroom in Lodenfrey Park. The integration of J Brand is complete and was very successful.” Brama took over the Europe-wide (except in the UK) distribution rights for the US denim brand as of the spring order date. Another major highlight of the spring season is the 40th anniversary of Equipement, which the brand celebrates with a collection involving Kate Moss. The collection will hit the stores from July onwards. In Germany, it will be stocked by the likes of Unger in Hamburg and Theresa in Munich. Labels: Current/Elliott, Doma, Enzo Costa, Equipement, Isapera, James Perse, J Brand, Mother, Norma Kamali Brama Fashion Gallery, Düsseldorf and Munich/Germany, janine@bramagallery.de, www.bramagallery.de
The new Brama showroom in Antwerp.
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