America Retold selects OneCoast to provide National Sales Representation
OneCoast, the largest and only national provider of sales and marketing services to vendors and retailers of home decor, gift and collegiate products, announced it will sell the complete line of America Retold on a nationwide basis. OneCoast will represent America Retold across the country beginning June 1, through its field and key account sales teams, showrooms, and on its Web site www.onecoast.com.
“With the rapid changes in the industry we are looking to work with a partner who can bring more resources and capabilities to our growing business, and OneCoast is the perfect choice,” said Pam Campbell, VP Sales & Marketing, America Retold. “Working with a single nationwide sales team will enable us to focus more of our energies on our design and manufacturing, and we know our customers will be in great hands with OneCoast.”
OneCoast will sell America Retold in all 50 states through its home decor-oriented regional sales groups as well as through the national key account team and on OneCoast’s wholesale shopping site www.onecoast.com. America Retold’s products will be featured in permanent showrooms in Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles and in temporary showrooms in New York and Chicago.
“America Retold offers a unique and beautifully designed product line that our retailers are very excited about,” said Ted Teele, CEO, OneCoast. “We are also thrilled to be working with America Retold’s talented team.”
Teele added, “More and more vendors like America Retold are considering our national sales and marketing services. We expect this trend to accelerate throughout 2008.”
Retailers can view and purchase the entire America Retold product line at http://www.onecoast.com/americaretold.
About OneCoast
OneCoast is the largest national provider of sales and marketing services to vendors and retailers of home decor, gift and collegiate products. We help hundreds of vendors market and sell their products to thousands of retail organizations across the United States. Our customers include leading home decor, gift and collegiate vendors such as New Creative, C.R. Gibson, Global Views, Woodstock Chimes, Mud Pie, Crabtree & Evelyn, Feizy Rugs, and The Thymes. We market and sell their products on a regional and national basis to a wide variety of retailers ranging from tens of thousands of small, independent retail stores to large, multi-channel retailers like JC Penney, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Neiman Marcus, and web-only retailers like Amazon.com and SmartBargains.com. OneCoast is in the wholesale business and does not sell or market directly to consumers. For more information, visit www.onecoast.com.
About America Retold
America Retold, based in Hudson, NY, is a leading manufacturer of functional, unique, high quality home products that inspire, surprise, and connect our customers to past memories. The whimsical, original designs are drawn from a time and a place when the excellence and integrity of craftsmanship mattered. Most of its products are made from recycled material and are hand crafted which makes each individual piece unique.
