Artis Distribution SA de CV

ARTIS Distribution is a sales-driven organization offering a full infrastructure and innovative hybrid distribution solutions for brands entering or growing in the Mexican market.  We are a team of highly experienced professionals optimizing sales of compelling brands.  As a future-facing company, we are the only luxury brand distributor with its own e-commerce site, and the first in Latin America to engage in a live commerce digital platform.  We are keen to lead the trends, not to chase them.

Current portfolio includes:  WOLF 1834, Seiko, Cuervo y Sobrinos, and Edox.

Partner

ADG Jewels

NYC-based ADG Jewels is a vertically integrated colored gemstone jewelry manufacturer and supplier, with over 40 years of experience.  RJC members and currently completing compliance certification audit. My responsibility area is in new account development for major retailers.  Recently, I assisted in launching our membership in CBG (Continental Buying Group), building our B2B company website, and recreating our messaging to potential new customers to give a relevant and compelling reason to work with ADG.

Sales Manager Key Accounts

Watch Distributors Directory

The Watch Distribution Directory is the most ambitious, cost effective, unique and updated B2B database to provide an easy and accurate access to companies’ information within the watch distribution industry worldwide, with a direct link to the watch community.
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Through a secured on-line database, our customers will have direct access to all distributors’ information and its frequent updates. We aim to cover over 100 markets worldwide. To start, the total number of national distributors and agents listed will be close to 1600 (including subsidiaries). The database indexes about 1200 watch brands.

Responsible for Mexico, Central America, South America, and Caribbean.  Distributors may list themselves free of charge.  For more info, write to cla@watch-distribution.ch

Regional Representative, Caribbean & LatAm Region

Watch Trade Academy

Swiss-based Watch Trade Academy is the only educational resource offering master classes on international watch distribution and sales.  This entails an 8 week series of 2-hour, interactive, live presentations on themes ranging from industry overview, traditional and disruptive distribution models, the concept of "blended retail" in a phygital era, channel management, and ready-to-use sales data management tools in the "business cockpit."  Accessible by inscription only by visiting the website.

Member of the Board of Advisors

CTD Marketing Inc.

Simply stated, I effectively connect people and opportunities. Across a 30 year global career in luxury and consumer goods, I’ve been fortunate to build numerous quality relationships. Being interested in others, their initiatives and challenges, the connecting part now comes easier. 

Brands served include:  ADG Jewels, Brera Milano (watches), Millner, Bausele (watches). Nialaya, Millner, Sophia Fiore, Horus Watch Straps, Bombata Bags, John Hardy (Mexico only), WOLF 1834, ALOR, Cabeau, HERMLE CLOCK, IDEYAH, D1 Milano, Ritmo Mundo, and Locman Italy, Yacht Luggage, Endless Jewelry (USA), RC Luxury Group/Amen Collection (Miami/Arrezzo), Pietra Gallery (Mexico), BuggaBandz (Holland), the Zancona Coffee Company (Panama), Savelli Geneve, The Rhoden Group UK (London), Brera Orologi (Miami/Milan), the Bremont Watch company (England), Clerc Watches (Switzerland)), Bovet 1822 Timepieces (Switzerland), Bombata Bags (Italy), SuitPack (Australia), MosquitNo (Holland), Travel Blue (London), and MSC Cruises (Switzerland), Antica Murrina Venezia (Italy), Waxing Poetic Jewelry (Santa Barbara, California), Sailormade USA (New York/USA),  Luxury Solutions (New York/USA), Toletta (Ottawa, Canada), Canvas Eyewear, and Discover Mexico (Cozumel).

Connector-in-Chief

THE ONE LUXURY EVENT

THE ONE LUXURY EVENT, is the largest and most exclusive gathering of luxury lifestyle brands in Mexico City, wherein select companies are able to share their DNA through interactive experiences with an invitation-only audience of very high net worth individuals in a secure and private venue.

Commercial Director

Savage Consulting

SAVAGE CONSULTING LTD. is a boutique-consulting firm, specialising in airport and travel retail, tourism and consumer industries. Our mission is to assist all industry players to maximise their customers'​ spend in all areas of the commercial offer, and create the best possible passenger and customers' experience in order to increase revenues. 

Areas of expertise: 

RETAIL STRATEGY & OPERATIONS: whether our client is a downtown bakery, a high-end shoes retailer, a cosmetics company or a chain of wine stores, we provide strategic support to leverage maximum growth opportunities. Through the audit of current organisational process, actions are recommended to improve performance, set strategies to open new markets, set sales tactics, improve merchandising practices, coach sales staff, monitor performance and improve ROI 

AIRPORT & PORT CONCESSION MANAGEMENT: we assist airports, ports, cruise lines, railway stations to maximise their revenues from retail concessions, F&B, parking systems and advertising spaces. Our senior consultants have a proven track record through their experience managing and increasing commercial revenues at airports and cruise lines in Europe and America. We assist brand owners and retailers in need to improve their performance in the travel retail industry. 

TOURISM BUSINESS CONSULTING: we bring tourism industry experience in the public and private sector to help create strategies to increase visits and tourists average spending. Our goal is to energise new and existing tourism initiatives and gather local forces around common projects that will benefit the destination and individual products and businesses.

Senior Consultant

Innova Distributors Inc.

Innova Distributors Inc. partnered with Design Go London to distribute their GO TRAVEL branded travel accessories to Latin America and select Caribbean local and duty free markets.  

In two years, Innova was able to grow the brand from 0 to 320 points of sale in every country in Latin America, and with nearly every major duty free operator in the region, and position the brand to realize over $1M per year in wholesale sales.

Innova also was the first Design Go affiliate to advertise the brand to the travel retail industry and position it as the market leader in the LatAm region.  Further participations in IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas, ASUTIL, and Mundo Joven Travel Expo helped to extend the reach of the brand throughout the region.

Milestone achievements included the opening of key accounts with venerable domestic market retailers such as Liverpool (Mexico), Falabella (Chile and Peru), and Farmacias Arrocha (Panama).

Working with Lima Airport Partners and Peruvian distribution partners Class Complements S.A.C., Innova paved the way to the opening of the first GO TRAVEL kiosk in the entire Americas region, with the May 2012 launch at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru; a vanguard project that was widely lauded in the travel retail press.

Principal

DLC Trading Panama Inc.

Brand Manager for Victorinox Travel Gear for markets including Americas duty free, Caribbean, Panama, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

From Panama City, manage a team responsible for finance, logistics and shipping, sales, forecasting & purchasing, marketing, merchandising, and training of this Victorinox (Makers of the Original Swiss Army Knife) brand category.

Actively travel through region meeting with DF retailers and country sub-distributors to evaluate markets, develop and implement business and marketing plans to expand the brand position, and advocate brand category cross-promotion wherever feasible; through special events, press and PR opportunities, advertising, and at point of sale.

Work closely with colleagues at TRG Group (St. Louis) and Victorinox Switzerland to coordinate efforts through assigned regions to provide a uniform brand experience to the buying public.

Brand Manager, Victorinox Travel Gear

Oversee management of a distribution portfolio of brands for Latin America and Duty Free markets, including: Victorinox Travel Gear, Design-Go Travel Accessories, and Accubanker Fraudulent Bill Detection machinery.  Supervise a team of 5 business professionals from our Panama office.

Vice President - Sales

DLC Trading, S.A. Neuchatel, Switzerland

Brand Manager for Hublot for Caribbean region.  Responsible for sales and marketing, merchandising and training, forecasting and P&L revisions.  Served 18 customers and 41 points of sale.  Was responsible for the planning and execution of 10 shop-in-shops. Worked on team for the design and implementation of the first 2 Hublot boutiques in the western hemisphere.

Brand Manager, Caribbean, Hublot

Global branding and business development executive, focused on LatAm, the Caribbean, and travel retail markets, with 30 years of relevant experience, market insights, and cultural sensitivity.  Experienced in strategic business development, brand launch, and market implementation of luxury goods and consumer goods and services.

Interested in future-facing, innovative concepts, products and services.  Dedicated to transformational leadership, integrity, mentoring, kindness, and paying it forward.   Definitely an old dog who is willing and able to learn new tricks!

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