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The history of Momo Corse wheels and other car accessories goes back to 1960 when Giampiero Moretti, a student of politics at the University of Pavia, Italy and an amateur racing driver, got a friend to make a very special steering-wheel for his racing car. The wheels were smaller than the one that is normally used, but with a very large handgrip. This gave a much better hold and made the car easier to handle and drive.

It took little time for this odd steering wheel to attract the attention of many racing drivers including the English driver John Surtees of Ferrari. He tried it and had it mounted on his single-seat Formula One race car and eventually won the F1 championship that year. A production plant in Tregnago, near Verona, Italy, was opened in 1969 to produce these steering-wheels. The company took the name Momo, a derivative from the initials of Moretti and Monza.

Initially sales of the steering wheels by Momo were limited to the racing world. From 1970 it began to widen its horizons by diversifying its production and broadening its steering-wheel range. It began to produce light-alloy road wheels, a product to which Momo brought new concepts in design, look and marketing. For four years between 1986 and 1990 the product range was extended, particularly in the wheel sector that continued to be a pulling force.

In the mean time Momo’s diversification strategy went on and devised out ventures into new car accessories. Consequently, Momo Corse was created in 1993 to design and produce hi-tech racing car accessories and also to import the best of the world’s racing fitting wares. Since then it became a class by itself and won the confidence of millions of car owners all over the globe. Thus, what was started as a passion grew into a big business thanks to gorgeous designing, use of innovative and advanced technology, ensuring safety, and taking care of quality.

Randa Global Offices

The company employs over 850 people worldwide.

Randa Accessories US Offices are located in New York City, NY; Chicago, IL; Bloomfield, NJ; New Orleans, LA; and Reno, NV.

Randa International offices are located in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, Australia and China.

Randa Accessories has sourcing facilities located in Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, FuJian Province and Como, Italy

North American distribution facilities are located in New Orleans, LA; Totowa, NJ; Reno, NV and Mississauga, Ontario.

A full list of Randa global office locations and contact information is here: Randa Global Office Locations

Licensed Brands

Randa produces and distributes products under license from many of the finest and most recognized brands in the world including: Ecko Unltd., Perry Ellis, Dockers, Pacific Trail, Tommy Bahama, Hathaway, Pierre Balmain, Jeff Banks, Penguin, Jones New York, Geoffrey Beene, Billy London, Ike Behar, Pierre Cardin, Nautica, Save the Children, Claiborne, Ben Sherman, Chaps, Liz Claiborne, Avirex, Marc Ecko Cut & Sew, Levis, Arrow, Columbia Sportswear Company, Concepts by Claiborne, Donald J. Trump, Van Heusen, Dickies, Diane Von Furstenberg, Weatherproof, and Hathaway.

Proprietary Brands

Primarily a licensed brand company, Randa also owns and markets several powerful brands including Trafalgar, Travel Gear and Countess Mara.

Randa Divisions

Randa Accessories

Randa Neckwear

Randa Belts and Leather Goods

Randa Luggage

Trafalgar Leather Company

MCG: Market Connect Group

Randa Logistics

Ransal Australia

Humprhey’s Accessories (now called Randa Leather Goods)

Badanco Luggage (now called Randa Luggage)

Wemco/Wembley Neckwear (now part of Randa Neckwear)

Wembley Apparel (Randa South Africa)

Randa International (Como, Italy)

Countess Mara Neckwear (now part of Randa Neckwear)

Woodstock Neckwear (now part of Randa UK, and Randa Scotland)

Forsythe Neckwear (now part of Randa Canada)

History and Timeline

Founded in 1935 Randa has experienced dramatic and consistent growth. This success is attributed to the company strong management team and associates, its heritage, organic growth, strategic acquisitions, brand portfolio and global expansion into new territories and markets.

1985, Established Randa International, S.r.L., Design Center – Como, Italy

1993, Acquired Woodstock Neckwear Ltd. London, UK

1995, Acquired Randa Canada (formerly Forsythe Neckwear) Mississauga, Ontario

1997, Acquired WEMCO – New Orleans, LA

1998, Acquired Countess Mara – New York City, NY

1999, Established Randa Shanghai -Shanghai, China

2001, Acquired Humphreys Accessories- Chicago, IL

2002, Established Randa Shanghai – Shengzhou, China

2002, Established MCG: Market Connect Group – Chalfont, PA

2002, Established Ransal – Melbourne, Australia

2002, Established Randa UK, Ltd. – London, UK

2003, Acquired Trafalgar Company – Norwalk, CT

2005, Established Wembley (Pty) Ltd. – Johannesburg, South Africa

2006, Established Humphreys Far East- Xiamen, China

2007, Acquired Badanco Luggage – Totowa, NJ

2007, Partners in Progress Award April 2008 (Ontario, Canada)

2008, Established Randa Luggage, UK- London, UK

2008, Partner of the Year award August 2008 (New York, NY)

2009, Established Randa Logistics, Reno, Nevada.

2009, Named one of New Orleans “best places to work”

2010, Established Randa Luggage Headquarters in Bloomfield, New Jersey

Design

Randa design centers are located in Como, Italy; New York City, USA; London, England; Chicago, USA; and Shanghai, China. The company maintains extensive archives of patterns, materials, hardware, and finished products.

Marketing

Randa develops advertising, packaging, point of sale materials, web sites (14 sites as of December 2009), and other marketing materials in-house via a centralized marketing and creative services department.

Customers

Randa provides products to many department and specialty stores worldwide, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Macys, JC Penney, Kohls, Walmart, Myer, John Lewis, River Island, Harrods, Edgars, Myer, Next, The Bay, Liverpool, El Palacio de Hierro, Galeries Lafayette, and El Corte Ingls.

Randa also sells its products via direct to consumer channels including QVC, Amazon.com, JCP.com, Kohls.com, Zappos.com, eBags.com.

Distribution & Logistics

In the USA, Randa has invested extensively in more than million square feet of modern distribution space located near global transportation hubs; including New Orleans, New York City, Reno, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Johannesburg, and Toronto. Advanced information systems leverage highly efficient materials handling equipment to provide fulfillment capacity for more than 3 million units and 50 thousand consumer direct shipments, monthly.

In December 2009, Randa Accessories was voted one of the top large companies to work for in New Orleans. .

In-Store Merchandising – MCG: Market Connect Group

Originally servicing Randa’s internal requirements for in-store merchandising, Randa purchased MCG in 2002. Today MCG: Market Connect Group [MCGConnect.com], is America’s largest merchandise services company servicing department stores, mid-tier stores and home stores. MCG provides in-store demonstrations, replishment, training, brand ambassadors, market intelligence, and other essential in-store merchandising services.

MCG has spent greater than 2 million hours of in-store service with America’s leading retailers – over 1 million hours at Macy’s, JC Penney and Kohl’s alone. MCG has a nationwide network of 2,500 in-store merchandising professionals and uses the latest technology to deliver 24/7 scheduling and reporting.

Awards

Randa Accessories has received “Five Star Award” from Macy’s Merchandising Group. This award is in recognition of Randa’s continued support and outstanding service in the development of Federated Department Stores’ Private Brands and Labels. Randa is one of only two menswear companies to be so recognized.[citation needed]

Randa Accessories has received the Domestic Licensee of the Year Award from Williamson-Dickies Williamson-Dickie has described Randa as the master of relationship building.[citation needed]

Randa has won the JC Penney “vendor of the year” award 15 times.{{Citation needed}

References

^ Randa 2009 Corporate Overview and Web Site

^ http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2009/12/11/booz-allen-hamilton-pmolink-named-best-places-to-work/ New Orleans City Business Magazine

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External Links

Randa.net

Randa Luggage Web Site

Trafalgar Web Site

LimitedEditionBraces.com

MCG Web Site

Countess Mara Web Site

Save The Gentleman Web Site

Notes

Categories: Clothing brands | Fashion accessories | Belts | Fashion accessory brands | Companies established in 1935Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from January 2010

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3 i-Stand S3

iPad 2 has a slimmer body, although the iPad is user-friendly than the hand-held, but in the long process of hand-held or will increase the burden on the user’s hands, the recent selling in the market, there is one accessory iPad 2 models from Aeolus DEEPCOOL’s i-Stand S3 can solve this problem. i-Stand S3 has a streamlined look, solid design, through this product, the user can arbitrarily adjust the direction of freedom to achieve flat, panoramic three-dimensional space conversion, 360 rotation to use. But also the liberation of your hands, let your ipad 2 stood up.

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Apple iPad 2 has been available for some time, many of friends buy this ipad tablet pcs product.. However, for users of Apple iPad 2, the various essential parts of the film is a bed of roses.

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