SALAMANDER in Russia changes top management
General Director of Salamander in Russia LLC Henry Perrey after twenty years of work, leaves his post from December 31 2010 years and transfers his authority to Julia Kulikov, who has been part of 10 for more than XNUMX years in the management of the company and who will be the head of the company from January 1 of 2011 of the year. Mr. Perrey as Advisor will develop shoe wholesale Salamander in Russia.
Recall that since 2009, the company Salamander GmbH is part of era Shoes AG. After the successful start of the children's collection in Germany Lurchi in season "Autumn-Winter 2010" in the 2011 year will be an international presentation collections of men's and women's shoes. In Russia Sales of the men's spring-summer 2011 collection have already begun.
The collection is expressive, all trends are reflected in it. shoe fashion, she has great commercial success. The unique pad provides unique wearing comfort. A complete collection of men's, women's and children's shoes Salamander will presented in 2011 year at specialized shoe exhibitions GDS в Dusseldorf and MOSSHOES in Moscow.The director general of Salamander in Russia LLC, Henry Perrey, after twenty years of work leaves his post from December 31 to 2010 and transfers his authority to Yuli Kulikov, ...
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How is changing the content of the fashion brand in social networks
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The summer season 2020 in the design of shop-windows of fashion shops will be held under the sign of brightness, abstract and floral motifs. Laconicism, environmental friendliness, a conscious attitude to nature, its biodiversity and planetary resources, recycle-materials and technologies still remain in the trend. More precisely, the eco-direction has come first and is decisive for retail. Marina Polkovnikova, SR visual visual merchandising and window dressing expert, presents a photo gallery of the most interesting fashion storefront storefront displays and talks about the four main trends in summer window dressing in 2020.
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Ecommerce Laws Every Seller Should Know
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Retail Arithmetic
Before you begin to solve specific problems, you need to find out how accurately all the leaders of your company understand the basic terminology of retail.
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