Geiger Resigns Post at Covington
October 3, 2007
New York, New York—Chris Geiger has resigned his position as vice president of sales for Covington Holding LLC, as of Friday, October 5.
He will pursue his own business as a consultant to the textiles industry.
At Covington, he was responsible for sales to the contract, furniture and decorative fabric trade and oversaw all customer service operations and export sales. He was employed at Covington for nearly 10 years and prior to that, he was a sales executive with Western Textiles and Hunter Douglas.
"I have been working nonstop since I was 15 and want to take a few weeks off now," he told F&FI. At Covington, Geiger said he developed custom-made, free standing fabric kiosks which have now been installed at over 300 locations. He reported to Roger Gilmartin who notified the Covington sales force on hearing of Geiger's decision.
Gilmartin purchased Covington Industries with outside investors in 2006.
In reviewing the highlights of his days at Covington, Geiger pointed to his creation of a prepackaged sampling program including sample books and inventory with special terms as well as a preferred customer program featuring custom samples, special terms and pricing based on graduated sales volume. Geiger was also responsible for the in-house telemarketing programs as well as an EBay program for selling closeouts.
In his new endeavor, Geiger expects to develop similar programs for other clients in the textiles industry "based on their marketing needs," he said.
Geiger owns an ocean going cabin cruiser and lives on lower New York harbor.
He will pursue his own business as a consultant to the textiles industry.
At Covington, he was responsible for sales to the contract, furniture and decorative fabric trade and oversaw all customer service operations and export sales. He was employed at Covington for nearly 10 years and prior to that, he was a sales executive with Western Textiles and Hunter Douglas.
"I have been working nonstop since I was 15 and want to take a few weeks off now," he told F&FI. At Covington, Geiger said he developed custom-made, free standing fabric kiosks which have now been installed at over 300 locations. He reported to Roger Gilmartin who notified the Covington sales force on hearing of Geiger's decision.
Gilmartin purchased Covington Industries with outside investors in 2006.
In reviewing the highlights of his days at Covington, Geiger pointed to his creation of a prepackaged sampling program including sample books and inventory with special terms as well as a preferred customer program featuring custom samples, special terms and pricing based on graduated sales volume. Geiger was also responsible for the in-house telemarketing programs as well as an EBay program for selling closeouts.
In his new endeavor, Geiger expects to develop similar programs for other clients in the textiles industry "based on their marketing needs," he said.
Geiger owns an ocean going cabin cruiser and lives on lower New York harbor.
