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LAURIE Summary LauRie gears up its organization to match recent growth and the company’s ambitious future plans. Last autumn, Anne Melgaard Thorsen was hired as head of design and products. Anne Melgaard Thorsen has spearheaded the design for LauRie’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection. She joined LauRie after 16 years of developing collections and prints for brands such as St. Martins at Metropol. She has already launched several initiatives at the company including the introduction of express items. LauRie has also expanded with a new head of sales and marketing, whose primary focus is to maintain and develop the Nordic market. Christina Lind will take on the new position as of June 1, 2016. She has previously held similar positions at Spirit Wholesale and DK Company. From now on, LauRie’s head of sales Peter Wædeled will focus sales efforts on new markets, including Germany, Holland and England. Area Sales Managers specialized in each of the export markets are hired to help realize the growth plans. - Since we are intensifying our efforts on new markets south of the Danish border, we need a person who can focus on our sales efforts in current markets in the North. That’s basically the reasoning behind the new hire, and in addition we are planning on devoting more resources to strengthen the professional branding of LauRie, says Henrik Hansen and adds that one of the first tasks will be to communicate LauRie as more than “just” a trousers brand. MODEBRANCHEN. | ISSUE NO 03 JULY 2016 | 107 CIFF: Bella Center B2-207 10th - 12th August SVERIGE BRINOR AB CHRISTER CARLSSON / tel: 0708 - 10 14 05 [email protected] DANMARK, NORGE, ISLAND, GREENLAND, FAROER ISLANDS Sejthen Agentur ApS Jimmy Sejthen 0045 26122411 eller Betina Sejthen 0045 21 27 17 18 [email protected] www.marblefashions.co.uk