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Valextra focusing on international expansion

Valextra is aiming to triple its global sales. While it is an ambitious goal, they have a plan firmly in place to do so. For the past decade, Valexra has exlusively retailed through Barneys New York in the United States. However, they have begun widening their distribution to even include Barneys competitors like Bergdorf Goodman. However,...

People

Valextra taps Sara Ferrero as CEO

London - Italian luxury goods label Valextra has named Sara Ferrero as its new Chief Executive Officer, following its spring/summer collection presentation in Milan on Sunday. Ferrero succeeds Alessandra Bettari, who left the role at the company to work as the the right handed woman of Franco Pené, president of Onward Luxury Group. “Valextra...

Retail

Valextra opens first US store

Italian luxury leather goods company Valextra has opened its first US store on Madison Avenue in New York this week. Driving the expansion is the newly-minted CEO Alessandra Bettari, who joined the firm a little over a month ago. The new store, which was designed by architect Marco Constanzi, encompasses 1,291 square feet and is a study in brass...

Apparel

Valextra taps Alessandra Bettari as CEO

Italian luxury goods company Valextra has names Alessandra Bettari as its new CEO, following the departure of its former CEO, Marco Franchini this May. As Valextra new CEO, Bettari will oversee the luxury goods firm international expansion scheme, whilst ensuring the label's preminium status remains the same. One of the first moves in Valextra...