Mark Caval
New York, NY (USA)
Role(s):
Manager/Supervisor
C-IN2 Industries
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Location:
New York
Industry:
Wholesale
Year Founded:
2003
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
We are a mens underwear and apparel business established in 2003. Our corporate site is (URL removed) and retail site is (URL removed).
Innovation and comfort is what C-IN2 is about. We are sold throughout the world in over 25 countries such as U.K, Australia, Canada, Japan, Germany, Slovakia etc and over 100 retail outlets. have a loyal customer following. We are sold through specialty stores, department stores and via the web.
We experiment with fabrics such as Bamboo and Seaweed and explore new cuts and designs which includes a "Sling Support" dubbed the Push Up Bra for Men. We have vast collections, colors, styles & fabrics.
In our Prime we were distributed in department stores such as Bloomingdales, Saks & Nordstroms in the USA, Holt Renfrew & Simons in Canada, Selfridges and Brown Thomas in the U.K, Myer & David Jones in Australia and Magazine de Bijenkorf in Amsterdam.
We have lost nearly all of these stores not because the product did not sell but simply because we could not keep up with demand.
We are at a point where our demand exceeds what we can produce. For example we have Spring / Summer 2010 pre orders of 1.3 million and not enough capital to produce the clothing. We turn business away, cancel collections such as swim because we do not have funds to produce the stock, nor can we hold inventory.
We have an on line customer database of 50,000 selling direct to consumers.
Our business needs capital in order to grow. With further funding we can produce our collections, keep replenishment stock, get back into department stores, take on new specialty stores and grow our web business.
We are a small company with 5 staff in New York and agents around the world.
We'd like to present our ideas of growth, potential and product development to secure our future and success.