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  • Cavalli appoints new General Manager Asia Pacific & China

    Cavalli appoints new General Manager Asia Pacific & China

    Founded in the Seventies, when fashion designer and entrepreneur Roberto Cavalli launched the brand, the label has recently seen a rapid growth in the region. Effective from 1st December Ivan Perra reports directly to the CEO regarding the region. Prior to this new role, Ivan Perra was Business Development Director APAC leading both wholesale and retail expansion in the region.

    Ivan has spent 12 years in the region.  He started his career in Retail for Kartell opening and managing the first 2 stores in HK in 2006; to later move to Lanificio F.lli Cerruti dal 1881 as Regional Sales Manager (APAC and North Asia) with focus on B2B and MtM markets.

    After 6 years in Cerruti Ivan took over a new challenge as Area Manager of Cote&Ciel (Parisian premium accessory brand) starting retail and wholesale development for the brand in Asia that now counts more than 10 mono-brand boutiques among Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Japan and China.

    Before joining Roberto Cavalli Ivan spent 3 years in charge of Business Development for the French Maison Kenzo (LVMH group) opening over 70 mono-brand stores in the region and in charge of over 120 POS.

    Ivan takes up this new role with a series of brand activations in the pipeline to strengthen the brand positioning in the region.

     

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  • GEOX appointed new leader for Asia Pacific

    GEOX appointed new leader for Asia Pacific

    Geox is a leading brand in the International lifestyle footwear Market. The success of Geox is due to the constant focus on the application of innovative solutions and technologies on the product that guarantee both impermeability and breathability. Geox technology is protected by over 60 different patents registered in Italy and extended internationally.

    Over 65% of its turnover is achieved abroad in more than 110 countries worldwide. Geox distributes its product through around 10,000 multi-brand selling points and a network of 1.157 mono-brand shops worldwide.

    Effective from today, Fillipo Gori, former CEO APAC at Roberto Cavalli, will lead the Asian expansion of the brand.

    Filippo Gori is a fashion professional with a finance and consulting background. After having worked 3 years in management consulting he joined GE Energy where he worked 3 years in FP&A. Soon after he began his journey in fashion, working for Emilio Pucci (Retail Controller), Gucci (Greater China CFO) and Replay (CEO APAC).

    In 2016 Filippo joined Vip.com as BD Director for international brands and established a profitable business in less than one year.

    In 2017 Filippo joined Roberto Cavalli, in one year and a half he opened in 3 new markets and increased the store network from 2 to 20 across Asia. In 2019 most of Asia markets will be reopened either through DOS or franchisee partnerships.

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