Jeffrey Raisen

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Amityville, NY 11701

Tel: 631-***-****

Email: ac3dwo@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Sales driven senior apparel executive with an established record of success.

Expertise: Developing new channels of distribution thru extensive relationships with retail & wholesale clients.

Experience:

President of Lone Wolf Clothing LLC, Amityville, NY

Design, merchandising, sourcing, selling, branding, and private label consultant.

President/Designer Blue Marlin Originals Athleisure Wear.

Restructured Giorgio Cosani’s five tailored clothing & sportswear collections.

Pioneered Inkkas Footwear as wholesale distribution Director.

Launched new contemporary surf & sportswear brand HIP Supply Co.

Specialize in total product development & sales

Private label product development & sales to Men’s Wearhouse, Macy’s, Walmart, Kohl’s etc.

Director of BJD, Inc. / Michael Brandon / Revolution XYZ, NY, NY

Created new contemporary casual denim division

Launched three new retail tier distribution labels

Placed major program at Sears with Rebellion label

President of True Religion Swimwear Div. / InGear, NY, NY

Launched new licensed division of men’s & ladies surf & swimwear

Designed, merchandised, sourced & sold all menswear

Coordinated efforts with licensor on design & distribution issues

Prepared all sales revenue information for royalty reports

President of Casbah Creations, LLC, NY, NY

Launched two new men’s collections with manufacturing partner

Designed, merchandised, tech spec’d & sold two separate collections

Compass Rose, a complete traveler and outdoors collection

Raison D’etre, a contemporary denim and sportswear collection

President of Apparel Holdings Group, Caribbean Joe Men’s, NY, NY

Head up three new men’s casual resort divisions, Caribbean Joe, Havana Jack’s Cafe, & La Cabana

Solely designed, merchandised, & sold all products totaling forty-three million in sales the first year

Negotiated all costing & markdowns personally

Hired & managed design, production, & sales departments in second year

Secured major programs with senior retail executives at Federated, May Co., Saks Inc., Belk, Bonton, Kohl’s, Goody’s, Mervyn’s, Fred Meyer & private label George for Walmart

President of Jetz Inc. / Ying Yang, NY, NY

Created & launched surf, skate and snowboard, sportswear brand

Designed, merchandised, tech spec’d & sold collection

Secured several major corporate programs in both the young men’s & boy’s departments

Achieved eighteen million in sales volume

President of The Fryday Club, Inc., NY, NY

Started young men’s woven & knit shirt company

Handled all accounts receivables, payables, factoring agreement and L/C’s

Secured several major corporate programs in men’s & young men’s

Sold all products achieving fifteen million in sales volume

EVP of Montage International Inc., / Tribes, NY, NY

Merchandised designed & sold young men’s woven & knit shirts

Hired & supervised six regional sales representatives

Secured several major corporate programs in men’s & young men’s

Increased sales volume from two & a half million to twenty-three million in the first year

Director of Agip Usa / Lanerossi Confezzioni, NY, NY

Ran the divisions of Biagiotti Uomo, Lanerossi, & San Giorgio

Distributor for Paul & Shark Yachting & Dalmine Knitwear

Bought piece goods at Ideabiella, Moda In, & Prato Expo.

Achieved twenty-two million in sales

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY

Associate’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising

Skills

Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, Word, Excel, Outlook, & Lotus Notes

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