SPAR Group Announces Promotion of Gerry Marrone to Chief Revenue Officer
November 30 2017 - 8:30AM
SPAR Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGRP), a leading supplier of retail
merchandising, business technology and other marketing services in
ten countries throughout North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific
and Africa, today announced the promotion of Gerry Marrone as
Chief Revenue Officer, effective December 1,
2017. Mr. Marrone joined SPAR in January of 2017,
serving as SVP of Sales and Marketing. In this expanded role,
Mr. Marrone will be responsible for seeking and leading strategic
alliances and other business relationships, which is an important
area of future growth for the Company. In addition, he will be
responsible for developing capabilities and best practices within
the sales and marketing function that will be shared and
implemented across the organization and the international network.
“I have been working closely with Gerry for a
number of months and have been impressed with his contribution,”
commented Christiaan Olivier, Chief Executive Officer of SPAR
Group. “We are fortunate to have such a talented and
extremely capable leader within our organization. I have the
pleasure of announcing his promotion today and I look forward to
continuing to work together in the coming years as we grow the
company."
"I appreciate the opportunity to play a larger
role in taking SPAR Group to the next level by leading efforts to
add new services in new markets, while continuing to grow our
existing base of business," said Mr. Marrone. “I am enthusiastic
about building on the successes of 2017 to deliver an even better
2018 and beyond.”
Mr. Marrone has an extensive entrepreneurial
background that has spanned 30 years in marketing services,
experiential marketing, professional sports, Internet retailing and
big box retail. As one of the early stage members of
PromoWorks, he helped build the leading in-store marketing and
demonstration agency in America, which was named No. 3 in the 10th
Annual Entrepreneur Magazine and Dun & Bradstreet "Hot 100", a
listing of the 100 fastest-growing new businesses in America.
He developed and launched the first Partnership Marketing division
at On-Campus Marketing (OCM), a leading on-line retailer servicing
more than 1,000 colleges throughout the U.S. Mr. Marrone was
the Director of Strategy at leading national retailer Bed Bath
& Beyond, held executive level positions at two Omnicom
experiential agencies - Pierce Promotions and Eventive Marketing,
and was the General Manager of Sky Blue FC, the 2009 World Champion
of Women's Professional Soccer. He earned a B.S. in Marketing
from Montclair State University.
About SPAR Group
SPAR Group, Inc. is a diversified international
merchandising and marketing services Company and provides a broad
array of services worldwide to help companies improve their sales,
operating efficiency and profits at retail locations. The Company
provides merchandising and other marketing services to
manufacturers, distributors and retailers worldwide, primarily in
mass merchandiser, office supply, value, grocery, drug,
independent, convenience, toy, home improvement and electronics
stores, as well as providing furniture and other product assembly
services, audit services, in-store events, technology services and
marketing research. The Company has supplied these project and
product services in the United States since certain of its
predecessors were formed in 1979 and internationally since the
Company acquired its first international subsidiary in Japan in May
of 2001. Product services include restocking and adding new
products, removing spoiled or outdated products, resetting
categories "on the shelf" in accordance with client or store
schematics, confirming and replacing shelf tags, setting new sale
or promotional product displays and advertising, replenishing
kiosks, providing in-store event staffing and providing assembly
services in stores, homes and offices. Audit services include price
audits, point of sale audits, out of stock audits, intercept
surveys and planogram audits. Other merchandising services include
whole store or departmental product sets or resets (including new
store openings), new product launches, in-store demonstrations,
special seasonal or promotional merchandising, focused product
support and product recalls. The Company currently does business in
ten countries that encompass approximately 50% of the total world
population through its operations in the United States, Canada,
Japan, South Africa, India, China, Australia, Mexico, Brazil and
Turkey. For more information, please visit the SPAR Group's
website at http://www.sparinc.com.
Company Contact:
James R. SegretoChief Financial
OfficerSPAR Group, Inc.(914) 332-4100
Investor Contact:
Dave MossbergThree Part
Advisors(817) 310-0051
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