Denise Abraham Email and Phone Number

Additional responsibility of the retail business, totaling $125M.

As Director of Private Label at Etailz, I have led growth from 0 to $7M over 6 years, with average NM of 20%. We established the success of JumpOff Jo, Brilliant Bee, Big Betty more. Responsibilities include New Product Development from idea generation, trend and creative concepts to sourcing, product quality and compliance. I am experienced in all aspects of sourcing and imports, production, forecasting and financial planning as well as inventory control. I have established lifecycle reports to improve forecasting and planning and to minimize out of stock situations. I developed testing protocols and vendor manual. My competence includes apparel fit, technical design and grading. JumpOff Jo the largest of our private label brands, began in late 2017 as a lifestyle brand created to be a family-oriented and children's brand that focuses on textiles and toys. All of our textile items were created to inspire storytelling with our exclusive art. We have included crib sheets, unique twin sheets, baby bodysuits, seasonal pajamas as well as toys that promote learning and movement. Kaspien is a top 10 Amazon reseller specializing in marketplace sales, software development and consulting all related to all marketplace sales including Target, Kohl's, and Macy's. My skills include full mastery of Excel, Word, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop as well as Social Media Management.

Develop and source private label brands for Vanity, resulting in 130% growth in Private Label, 75% initial markup and 58% maintain markup. We developed print and silhouette for medium-priced women's wear. Product types included sweater, cut and sew knitwear, denim, leggings, and ath-leisure. I was in charge of product development and sourcing, as well as quality, testing, fit and technical design and grading. My responsibilities included trend forecasts as well as color and print direction.

XX Division was brand new and grew to 70 million Euro during the time I was with XX by Mexx Division. Product development was in all areas of apparel, sweater, woven, denim, cut and sew knitwear.

Susan Bristol was a premier sweater and bridge women's sportswear company, where I managed product development, sourced all product types and supervised technical design.

Managed Western Hemisphere sourcing for Carter's, as well as technical design.

Gem is an Ad Specialty company where I was in charge of sourcing, design and product development.

Launched Mast Mexico in Mexico city. Mast is a large global sourcing organization managing production at that time for Limited, Victoria's Secret, Lane Bryant and more.

Supervised Mast Lanka, production for Abercrombie and Fitch, Victoria's Secret, Limited and more.

Grew the Victoria's Secret Catalog division at Mast from $12 - $24M.

Marketing Director Sleepwear and Robes.