New England Footwear signs with Fred Gale agency

New England Footwear signs with Fred Gale Agency


December 8, 2010 – Newmarket, NH – New England Footwear is pleased to announce the appointment of the Fred Gale Inc. agency to represent the GoLite Footwear brand. Fred will be responsible for building the GoLite Footwear business with select retailers throughout Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

With more than 25 years’ experience in the footwear industry, Fred’s career has included 10 years as U.S. National Accounts Manager for Quebec based Regence Inc. and 10 years as an Account Executive for Lowell Shoe Company.

“Fred brings an abundance of experience and a wealth of product knowledge to our team, and we are thrilled to be working together. We are confident that he will do a great job of managing our existing business as well as opening the appropriate distribution that is aligned with our brand in these important markets”, said Scott Briggs, President of New England Footwear.

Fred is based in Akron, Ohio, and can be reached at frederick.gale@yahoo.com or at 330-668-4708.

Links
GoLite Footwear website: http://www.golite-footwear.com

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GoLite-Footwear/191592820873
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GoLiteShoes

About GoLite Footwear
GoLite Footwear is committed to meeting the unique needs of those who live to be in the outdoors by delivering the ultimate in off road performance and durability. Our Soft Against the Ground platform used in our revolutionary trail running shoes has been extended to our complete line of fast packing, light hiking, and technical travel shoes that are impossibly stable, improbably light and incredibly comfortable.

Our brand is rooted in a passion for the outdoors and expertise in shoemaking, bringing you the very best design and technical innovation in outdoor performance footwear. GoLite Footwear is distributed throughout the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

GoLite Footwear is a division of New England Footwear, with our corporate headquarters housed in a former shoe mill in Newmarket, New Hampshire. For information on the full line of GoLite Footwear, please contact Vivian Lefebvre at 877-610-8870 or vlefebvre@newenglandfootwear.com