Leading fashion consultants Anton Dell and FashionNet have joined forces to create a new and stronger company that will help transform the way fashion brands find agents in the future. Anton Dell’s 28 years of experience is combined with Toronto-based FashionNet’s young team and dynamic and technologically advanced ‘know-how’.
Scaling a fashion company to develop internationally can be a daunting task, especially without the right fashion agents and distributors for the field. But finding the perfect partner is easier than you think, because fashion consultants FashionNet/Anton Dell are the industry’s leading matchmakers, enabling brands to find the right partners to distribute their brand worldwide, no matter how big or small they are.
The role of the fashion agent is to help brands and designers find new customers, expand into new markets and support them in everything from strategy to production to sourcing and logistics. Fashion agents are the unsung heroes, navigating the complex world of fashion to bring brands’ creative visions to life on an international scale and to keep the business afloat.
Finding the perfect partner is harder than you think, and that’s where experts FashionNet/Anton Dell come in. With more than 28 years of experience, FNAD takes on the difficult task of matching brands with the right agent to ensure a solid and profitable partnership for both parties.
“Developing a brand in a new market is a long-term process. Having the right agent by your side can make the process smoother, reduce risk and help to get orders as quickly as possible,” says Mark Boloten, who co-founded FashionNet with Jan Brabers.
Anton Dell adds, “While you could go to trade shows to find your own buyers and distributors, at FashionNet/Anton Dell we have the connections and established relationships to help you get started immediately – with access to agents in at least 30 countries and an extensive network of distributors around the world. We believe we know at least 90 percent of the agents currently working in the fashion world.”
FashionNet/Anton Dell: How the right fashion agent leads to success
“Anton Dell has been the go-to resource for fashion brands around the world looking for an agent. And the pooling of his expertise and contacts with FashionNet’s now means more fashion brands can be supported to grow their business in new markets because together they have an international team across the UK, US, Canada, Europe and the Middle East ‘ adds Boloten.
To maximize success, FNAD works closely with brands to understand their vision, assess their current business position, and uncover their potential business opportunities and goals for the future.
“Understanding a brand’s DNA is crucial when looking for the right partner,” explains Dell. “If we don’t understand them, we can’t find the right partner, and getting it right the first time is important to helping a brand grow.”
Boloten adds: “We don’t just bring brands together with the right agent, we do a lot more for them, e.g. E.g. creating a tailored and targeted export strategy, market analysis and sales management to ensure a smooth launch of a brand in a new territory.”
“We also explain to brands what they need to know to expand and how they should operate in different markets, e.g. B. in terms of logistics, seasonality and cost planning.”
FNAD has the experience, knowledge, contacts and infrastructure to launch and scale any brand in any territory. FNAD has already helped more than 1,000 brands find agents in 30 countries – from well-established names like Penny Black, French Connection, Ecco Shoes, Ideal of Sweden, Sand Copenhagen and Garcia to small to medium-sized companies.
Contact: Mark Boloton
Contact: Anton Dell