Ligne Roset, the French furniture design and lifestyle brand, yesterday announced Christopher Philips as the new Director of Sales, Retail for Roset USA Corp. In this role, Philips will lead and grow the retail network and residential designer business for the brand in North and South America. Philips comes, most recently, from Natuzzi Italia, with previous leadership roles at MissoniHome Americas and Kartell.
Ligne Roset holds a unique share of the high end, European furniture design market with strong regional brick and mortar partners in the Americas, interior design applications, an ecommerce platform and custom contract capabilities. Philips will focus on the first two sectors: leading the brick and mortar family of stores into the future, while supporting residential interior designer initiatives and programming.
“I can’t wait to make a difference with Ligne Roset,” says Philips. “Their product design is vibrant and creative, their French manufacturing is masterful and their retail network is filled with passion and loyalty – it’s a great base to best serve the residential and interior designer sectors and I’m honored and excited to lead the way towards the future in our ever-changing industry.”
Selected by Simone Vingerhoets-Ziesmann, Managing Director, Roset USA Corp. for this pivotal role, Philips has a strong background in strategically managing high-profile retail partners, with proven results increasing business as well as partner satisfaction. His additional experience implementing creative and effective merchandising lineups, retail layouts and product line developments will also help propel the brand forward.
“Christopher brings a unique skill set to the team, tailored to grow our retail and residential business,” states Vingerhoets-Ziesmann. “His market-focused creativity and analytical sales skills are what I was aiming for in filling this critical leadership position within our Ligne Roset Americas team.”
