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% OUR HISTORY
$ FOOTWEAR CATEGORIES BY DIVISION
OUR HISTORY * Founded in 1954 by our Chairman Mr. Ellis Safdeye * Privately held Company for 46 Years * Originally began as an importer of novelty products * Pioneers in importing footwear from Asia and establishing testing facilities, production techniques, material sourcing, management supervision, training programs and systems analysis in all footwear producing countries * Opened offices in Taiwan in 1969 to supervise and monitor all production in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Guangzho, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Florence, Indonesia, Surabaya, Taipei, Taiwan, Tachung. * Expanded our International facilities to include offices in Hong Kong, China, Korea, Italy and Brazil (Eleven total) OUR COMPANY TODAY * E.S. ORIGINALS is the largest privately held footwear importer in the world * Retail Sales Volume in excess of One Billion Dollars per year * Our sales over the past forty-five years has continued to achieve incremental growth on a consistent basis * E.S. ORIGINALS is a multi-faceted full service organization employing over 1,000 professionals in our domestic and overseas offices * Currently develop and market all categories of footwear for women's, men's, boy's and girl's OUR COMPANY IN THE FUTURE E.S. ORIGINALS' Long and Short Term Objectives include: * To continually strengthen and maintain our leadership position in the footwear industry * Expand our Character Licensed Products business and Brand Assortment * Manage our portfolio of licenses to enhance brand management and maximize sales opportunities * Continue to expand our network of countries for sourcing * To be poised Corporately to develop new categories of business * To source every pair of shoes sold in the world HEADQUARTERS & SHOWROOM * State-of-the-Art World Headquarters and Showroom in New York City * Exclusive showroom for Department Store brands Regional Offices In addition to our New York Headquarters, E.S. ORIGINALS has showrooms and offices in the following cities to support vendor responsibilities.
PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND PURCHASING OFFICES * All offices are supervised by joint American and local administrators * All specifications for footwear are determined by each individual customer and adhered to by our factories * Professional technicians and quality control inspectors supervise and control all E.S. ORIGINALS production in all factories * Support our own testing labs which constantly check materials, components and finished products. Wear testing and fit testing is performed on all production shoes * All factories abide by Human Rights Guidelines and conform to all local government labor laws PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT * E.S. ORIGINALS employs over 30 designers and product development specialists * Line Builders consistently travel the world to identify fashion trends * Subscribe to fashion forecast services * In-house art and graphics department, fully computerized * Extensive travel to our overseas factories to oversee sample development * E.S. ORIGINALS has exclusive sample rooms with the highest quality engineers and technicians in the footwear industry * Produce and ship close to 100 Million pairs of shoes every year WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION * Distribution Centers in Edison, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California * Offer our customers the options when purchasing goods for:
SALES & MARKETING SUPPORT * In-house Marketing and Department experienced in all phases of advertising, logos, packaging, labeling, hang-tags and point of purchase displays * Innovative packaging for maximum sell-thru at the Retailer * Offer diverse packaging concepts for each Retailer within a brand or property for exclusivity * Cross-promote with various product categories offering bounce back offers * Supply in-store posters and banners for our Retailers * Sponsor in-store sweepstakes promotions FOOTWEAR CATEGORIES BY DIVISION WOMEN'S INCLUDING: MEN'S INCLUDING: GIRL'S INCLUDING: BOY'S INCLUDING: Developing and sourcing unique products for some of the the world's most prestigious apparel and athletic brands. OUR COMPETETIVE ADVANTAGES
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