Movers & Shakers

MEDFORD, Mass. –Charles River Apparel is pleased to announce the hire of Scott Watson as account executive covering the Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Watson will take the position of Dick Selinger, who recently retired after 16 years at Charles River. In his new position, Watson will represent the company at many of the 140 annual trade shows at which Charles River exhibits. Watson has more than 12 years of exceptional sales experience with promotional products. He served as regional vice president of Norwood’s apparel division and was two-time Sales Rep of the Year for Howard Miller Clocks.

Additionally, Tom Barr has been promoted to national sales manager. He previously served as account executive for Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Colorado, increasing sales in these territories by 95 percent. Barr brings 16 years of apparel industry experience to the company. He has served as sales and marketing manager for Kelly’s Corporate Apparel, a division of Western Uniform.

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PITTSBURGH -Leed's has named Adrienne Indianer as manager of Product of Your Experience. Indianer will be responsible for defining, communicating, monitoring and tracking all aspects of the customer experience. She will be working closely with all areas of the company to ensure the standard is integrated both internally and externally. Indianer has been working for Leed's as corporate projects manager, where she acted as a liaison between the operational departments and internal and external information systems resources. Previous to this experience, she worked at Neiman Marcus, where she managed debt and collections and supervised a call center.

"Our company slogan…maintains that every Leed's product, program and management tool is a direct result of our deep understanding of our customer needs, challenges, desires and aspirations," reports David Nicholson, president. "Adrienne's role will be critical in increasing our level of excellence in customer satisfaction."

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LOS ANGELES –PromoShop has hired Bob Levitt as vice president of sales. Levitt’s primary responsibilities include growing the consumer premium division, starting a licensing division, managing existing sales professionals and working with the executive team to expand into new geographic markets.

Levitt has spent 22 years in the promotiona products industry, initially running his own small business. Most recently, he was director of the Western region for The Beanstalk Group, where he built a team to serve promotions and licensed product needs of Ford brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Astin Martin, Lincoln Mercury and Mazda. Levitt also worked alongside PromoShop President Guillermo “Memo” Kahan when they were both employed by Los Angeles-based Idea Man.

“Adding Bob strengthens our overall team and will enable us to immediately expand into areas that were a part of our long-term plan,” states Kahan. Levitt officially resumes his position on September 1, 2004.