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Giovanni Franciosi

Retail Manager & Consultant
About

Born and raised with bread and fashion, from a family that owned a big multibrand store in the famous resort city of Riccione, east coast of Italy. Personal Stylist and Retail Manager in Milan, grew up in the highlights times of fashion, back in the 90's, along with masters such as Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Missoni and Ermenegildo Zegna. Then operating in the major fashion cities: London for the iconic House of Liberty in Regent Street; New York, helping the brands Tuleh, Elie Tahari and Naeem Kahn to reach their international status; Los Angeles, with renowned local multibrand stores as H.Lorenzo in Sunset Plaza, Maxfield in Melrose, Curve in Robertson Boulevard. Deep connoissuer of all fashion trends, attending every fashion week from Milan to Paris, from London to NY and Tokyo, socialite and insider of every fashion capital social nightlife. Creator of events of Music, Fashion and Performing Arts in Ibiza,Spain and in resort places of Italy during the summer. Recently operating as a Retail Manager in Asia, in the up and coming fashion scene of Malaysia and Singapore. Now a pioneer of retail fashion in West Africa, consulting for Polo Limited, foremost Nigerian luxury group.

Previous Brands
Honegger Group
Alpha Investment Company
Le Gray Fashion
Polo Limited
GOODNEWS China
GOOD NEWS FASHION
TOP CLASS ITALIA
MAXIM ITALY
Fashion Trotter
ABC Junior
Work Experience
Consultant
Feb ‘25 -
Honegger Group

Consulting at first edition of SAUDI LIFESTYLE WEEK, major international B2B trade show across fashion and design.

Senior Consultant
Mar ‘24 -
Alpha Investment Company

• Implementing omnichannel activities of Unique Textile division • Expansion of sales channels and implementing strategic sales plan for a start-up streetwear brand • Launch of streetwear brand Bad Company. Special projects and emerging opportunities as collaborations and partnerships, pop-up and flagship stores, B2B and international showroom, CRM management - Advising on design and production opportunities in Italy

Sales Manager
Jan ‘21 - Dec ‘23
Le Gray Fashion

* CGO at Le Gray, contemporary multi brand store in the vibrant Riyadh, KSA capital * Responsible of Sales and Marketing of the two branches, Le Gray Tahlia and Le Gray Boulevard * Responsible of offline and online operations, Farfetch and Shopify * Adding brands to company portfolio (ISABEL MARANT, JIL SANDER, STONE ISLAND) and contributing elevating shopping experience to international standards, nurturing needs on retained clients and prospecting so to create an HNWI client database in this new and promising GCC capital

Retail Consultant
Sep ‘17 - Dec ‘19
Polo Limited

Retail Manager at Polo Avenue, luxury fashion multibrand store located in the wealthy Victoria Island in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. Opening second branch, POLO AVENUE LEKKI, and adding brands like BOTTEGA VENETA, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, PALM ANGELS to the portfolio.

Retail Consultant
Jan ‘17 - Jul ‘17
GOODNEWS China

Consulting in start-up designer corners at Grand Mall, Harbin, China.

Consultant and Retail Manager
Dec ‘15 - Dec ‘16
GOOD NEWS FASHION

Strategic consulting and directing management operations of a 10.000 mq multi brand store in Evolve Mall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Operating as personal stylist, staff trainer, visual merchandiser and sales director of the start-up concept LOGO.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER AND MARKETING OPERATOR
Nov ‘13 - Nov ‘15
TOP CLASS ITALIA

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jun ‘13 - Jul ‘14
MAXIM ITALY

Direttore Responsabile
May ‘11 - Dec ‘13
Fashion Trotter

Web site concerning modern lifestyle, focused on Fashion, Music, Food&Wine, Readings and Travel.

RETAIL STORE MANAGER
Sep ‘10 - Dec ‘14
ABC Junior

Languages
English
Recommendations
Fabio Lunardon
Direct manager - CEO, Good News Fashion
Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

Giovanni is a good professional and a great team manager

Jennifer Obayuwana
Direct manager - Manager Director, Polo Limited
Sep 2017 - Dec 2019

Giovanni had the experience and knowledge of the fashion industry. He would also go the extra mile and spend additional hours to ensure projects are completed

Riyadh Saudi Arabia