(IDEX Online) - Reed Jewelry Group has appointed Jim Fox to Portfolio Sales Director focused on industry and customer relations.
He will be responsible for strategy, leadership and development within the JCK and Luxury sales team, as well as key account customer relationships of the jewelry industry's leading events.
Jim has over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the luxury goods sector. Having served as Sales Director in the Consumer Products Division of Swarovski for over nine years, he is also closely aligned with retail challenges and opportunities, the firm said in a statement. He directed Swarovski's licensed boutique business, creating 50 new stores and generating over $50m in new business at casinos, airports and traditional retail outlets. Previously, his sales experience within the fine writing instrument division of The Gillette Company gave him an insight into luxury retail in partnership with brands such as Tiffany & Co., Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and guild independent jewelers, the statement added.