R.G. Barry Corporation Announces Sales Organization Changes
09 January 2004 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
R.G. Barry Corporation Announces Sales Organization Changes
PICKERINGTON, Ohio, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comfort
footwear manufacturer and marketer R.G. Barry Corporation today
announced several changes to its senior sales organization. Tom
Hollister has been named Vice President, National Account Sales. He
will have responsibility for strategic branding, product
development, merchandising and all consumer/trade promotion for the
Company's business with Kohls, Sears and Target stores. Mr.
Hollister has been with R.G. Barry in various sales positions since
1969 and most recently was a regional vice president of sales. Bob
Dickey has been named Vice President, Sales. In this expanded role,
he will assume brand management responsibility for the Company's
new Terrasoles(R) footwear line working on growth, merchandising
and promotional strategies. Mr. Dickey also will retain overall
sales management responsibilities for all of the Company's business
with JC Penney and Costco stores. He has been with R.G. Barry in
various sales roles since 1980 and most recently served as a
regional vice president of sales. Pam Gentile will rejoin the
Company on Jan. 12, 2004, as Vice President, National Account
Sales. She will have overall management responsibility for product
development, price positioning and marketing the Company's
EZfeet(R) brand within Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. Ms. Gentile is the
former Vice President, National Account Sales, for R.G. Barry's
Wal-Mart and Sam's Club businesses and returns to the Company after
a one-year absence. James L. Faulkner has been promoted to Vice
President, Field Sales. He will manage the Company's department
store field sales organization and will also retain overall sales
management responsibility for the licensed Liz Claiborne(R)
Slippers brand. Mr. Faulkner has been affiliated with R.G. Barry in
various sales positions since 1980. "We believe that these changes
will allow us to capitalize on some of the internal strengths of
our senior sales organization and that these key individuals will
play an important role in our future success," said Joseph
Petracca, Senior Vice President, Sales. Hollister, Gentile and
Faulkner are based at the Company's suburban Columbus, Ohio,
corporate headquarters, and Dickey is based in Dallas. To learn
more about R.G. Barry Corporation and its at- and around-the-home
footwear products, visit the Company Website at
http://www.rgbarry.com/ . "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this
release, other than statements of historical fact, are
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based upon our current plans and strategies, and
reflect our current assessment of the risks and uncertainties
related to our business. In addition to the risks and uncertainties
noted in this news release, there are factors that could cause
results to differ materially from those anticipated by some of our
forward-looking statements. These factors include product demand
and market acceptance; the economic and business environment and
the impact of governmental regulations, both in the United States
and abroad; the effects of direct sourcing by customers of
competitive products from alternative suppliers; the loss of
significant customers in connection with mergers, acquisitions,
bankruptcies or other circumstances; economic, regulatory and
cultural difficulties or delays in our business outside the United
States; our ability to improve processes and business practices to
keep pace with the economic, competitive and technological
environments; the availability and costs of financing; capacity,
efficiency and supply constraints; weather; the effects of
terrorist acts; acts of war; and other risks detailed in the our
press releases, shareholder communications and Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. DATASOURCE: R.G. Barry Corporation
CONTACT: Roy Youst, Director Corporate Communications of R.G. Barry
Corporation, +1-614-864-6400 Web site: http://www.rgbarry.com/
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