Marketing Consultant Company
Geoff and Nancy Ficke offer clients a combined 50 years of
varied experience in all areas of sales, marketing and consumer marketing consultant and product development services. Their unique career responsibilities
include extensive work in the United States, the European
Union and Asia. Whether working with entrepreneurial startups,
funding and venture capital, new product launches or established
businesses, Geoff and Nancy Ficke have enjoyed an unusually
diverse range of creative marketing opportunities.
Geoff Ficke
has spent over 30 years working in consumer product sales, marketing consulting, and product creation. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he was formerly National Sales Manager for Vidal Sassoon, President of Fashion Fragrance, Paris,
President of Parfum Pierre Wulff, Paris and founder of a number
of startup companies. Geoff Ficke provides years of senior
level corporate development and capital formation experience
to the firm's selective base of clients. Geoff Ficke has a
wide range of international and domestic experience including
mass market, department store, specialty retail and direct
response product placement. He has created funding opportunities
for numerous ventures.
Nancy Ficke
Is a graduate if the University of Cincinnati. She spent over 20 years as a senior buyer and merchandiser of cosmetics and fragrances for several major divisions of Federated Department Stores. Nancy worked with Halston and Guerlain as a sales executive and national account manager and helped launch the Guerlain Boutiques in major groups such as Neiman Marcus in the United States. She has successfully consulted with a wide range of clients for the past 13 years. Nancy's unusually full background of successful history as retailer and marketer provides a unique perspective for each project she undertakes.
Alexis L. Bruning V.P. Sales & New Product Development
Alexis Bruning provides Duquesa Marketing clients with a unique palette of professional skill sets, including an art background, contemporary creativity, the vision to analyze and resourcefully address challenges and problem solve, keen business sense and excellent consumer product development experience. She is an Honors Graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s acclaimed College of Design, Art and Architecture, earning her degree in Product Design and Development.
Ms. Bruning has served as an intern, sales associate, management trainee and Senior Product Manager with Companies such as Liz Claiborne, Sears, Bath & Body Works and School Outfitters.
Social Media, component sourcing, brand support, implementing marketing strategies, public relations, sales channel refinement, web-site support, creative input and concept enhancement are only a few areas where Alexis Bruning’s experience and record of success will provide Duquesa Marketing clients with fresh support, insights and guidance.
