17/08/2010
Mascaró wants to improve its cash collection performance in Europe
Mascaró is a prestigious Spanish shoemaker, very famous in Spain and abroad. Today, Mascaró has more than 250 employees, 47 stores of their own across the world and the presence in the main showcases on the 5 continents with their three main trademarks: Jaime Mascaró, Ursula Mascaró and Pretty Ballerinas.
Mascaró is exporting half of its production every year.
Lina Mascaró, Sales Director of Mascaró, declares: « We decided to outsource our customer credit management to FDI Logbox because we wish to develop our international sales and to secure them ; and we don't want to implement an administrative office in the countries where we export. Thanks to FDI Logbox services, we will improve our cash collection performance. FICE has recommended to us FDI Logbox as the best specialist in the fashion market, that's why we selected Logbox solution ».
06/05/2010
MUNICH selects FDI Logbox to support its expansion in Europe
MUNICH was set up in 1939 by BERNADA family. Nowadays, the heart of this Spanish firm is in a factory in Vilanova d’Espoia (Barcelona), a 3000 m2 building where both upmarket sports footwear and streetwear models are produced. With an annual production of more than 850.000 pairs of shoes, 46% corresponds to sports shoes and 54% to the fashion line. The company had a total turnover of 22.778.000 Euros in 2008. Of these figures, 47% corresponds to exports.
Rosa Berral, MUNICH ‘s Export Manager, declares: « We decided to outsource our customer credit management function to FDI Logbox in various countries where we export our shoes, such as France, Germany and Portugal. Our objective is to relieve our team of all administrative aspects involved with our sales and to focus on our core business; at the same time we want to maintain good relationships with our customers ».
29/03/2010
Kaporal 5 selects FDI Logbox to support its expansion in Spain
The brand Kaporal 5 has known a quick and great development ! Its turnover has been multiplied by 20 in 4 years! Kaporal 5 wishes now to develop abroad, in various countries: among them Spain, where its turnover is already increasing.
MC LEM, the French company which owns Kaporal 5 brand, asked to FDI Logbox to support their expansion in Spain, because they had difficulties to collect money abroad and also to find a trustable partner for transport. That's why Laurent Emsellem, CEO of MC LEM, decided recently to outsource 2 functions concerning Kaporal 5 ‘s exports in Spain : transport and customer credit management.
MC LEM selected FDI Logbox among several services companies because of its network and its own subsidiary in Barcelona, but also for its way of working, because he was looking for a reliable partner operating with well established processes. Outsourcing is a new experimentation for MC LEM, so they preferred to work with a specialist of the fashion markets.
09/03/2010
Agreement between FDI Logbox and FICE
FICE and FDI Logbox have signed an agreement of collaboration which will allow Spanish footwear companies to secure their sales thanks to FDI Logbox solutions.
FICE-the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries- draws together more than 700 companies that together represent 90% of production and export in the sector across Spain.
Javier Garcia Lillo, Sales Director of FICE declares: "At the moment, the Spanish footwear companies do their best to sell their collections to retailers, but then, they will often need help to secure their receivables and collect their money, especially when they sell abroad. That's why we signed an agreement with FDI Logbox, expert in international customer credit management."
11/01/2010
Catherine Malandrino selects FDI Logbox to support their expansion In Europe
Catherine Malandrino - the most "New York" of French designers - just celebrated 10 years in the fabled fashion industry and continues to attract a loyal celebrity clientele outside of the dedicated following of customers that have always supported her.
Ida Rafalovich, COO of Catherine Malandrino, declares: "We‘ve decided to outsource to FDI Logbox all our customer credit management function in European countries where we sell through agents such as Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Benelux, UK, France, Italy, Greece, Spain. Our objective is to leverage FDI Logbox expertise to better support our expansion strategy in Europe."
Bernard Aidan, CEO of Catherine Malandrino, adds: "We have selected the best partners because we want everyone to understand that we are serious about the European market. Working with the best is a commitment to success."
07/12/2009
FDI Logbox reinforces its presence in North America
FDI Logbox announces the creation of a Joint Venture with ICF (International Credit Facility).
ICF is a company specialized in credit management outsourcing, operating exclusively in the USA and offering similar services to those offered by FDI Logbox. The Joint Venture is named FDI-ICF USA. Marion Corsant is the Managing Director of FDI-ICF USA.
01/12/2009
FDI Logbox is developing a collaborative application on its online platform dedicated to its clients, Logbox Online
FDI Logbox introduces a set of collaborative applications to extend its online tool, Logbox Online. These new applications will enable a better collaboration between our clients and the FDI Logbox teams located in Europe.
Logbox Online is a secured site, used every day by FDI Logbox clients to manage their customers’ accounts and to monitor their business and financial relationships with their wholesale dealers. Every day, thousands of transactions are operated on Logbox Online.
Gérard Guye, Closed AG CFO declares: « My management teams in Switzerland are connected every day on the Logbox Online. They appreciate to get real-time information about each one of our clients' accounts. Now, they can also send messages, information or documents through Logbox Online. This collaborative side allows us to improve our cooperation and to save time. »
07/05/2009
FDI Logbox completes its offer with a solution to collect on past-due bills
FDI Logbox is launching a new service offer devoted to collecting on unpaid bills. The "Collectbox" service frees fashion industry businesses from the complicated, arduous tasks involved in collecting on old debts. By making full use of their experience of the sector, and their in-depth knowledge of fashion-sector shops and distributors, FDI Logbox admin teams take charge of all collection operations on past-due debts.
27/02/2009
FDI Logbox adapts its organization to be more customer centric
To focus more efficiently our organization on our customers, we are nominating two senior members of FDI Logbox executive team to lead our two main service lines: Nicole Strebler for Logbox, and Bertrand Mahon for Logbox Plus.
20/12/2008
FDI Logbox launches 'Logbox Online 2.0'
FDI Logbox announces the availability of Logbox Online 2.0.
Logbox Online is very popular with all FDI Logbox customers and is an essential part of the Logbox service...
27/05/2008
FDI Logbox is pleased to announce an increase of 50% in the number of contracts signed
FDI Logbox is pleased to announce an increase of 50% in the number of contracts signed, for a total value of over 300M€, over the financial year 2007-2008...
01/01/2008
FDI Logbox announces a new trade receivables financing solution specifically adapted to the fashion market
FDI Logbox offers a solution which combines receivables financing with the local management of accounts receivable for all the European countries and the US...
01/07/2007
Agreement between FDI Logbox and CIBM
FDI Logbox has just signed an agreement with CIBM (Camera Italiana Buyer Moda), an italian association which is composed by the 100 most important owners of fashion stores in Italy...
