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Contact: Steven Sashen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE T: 720.255.1040 [email protected]
Emilio Torres, the Former Director of Sales Operations for Crocs and,
More Recently, Vice President of Business Development for Brand 44 Colorado, Joins Xero Shoes as Vice President of Sales & Marketing
(Broomfield, CO) April 4, 2016 – Emilio Torres has joined Broomfield’s Xero Shoes as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Emilio comes to Xero with 25+ years of sales and marketing success in the Outdoor, Cycling, Ski, Running, and Shoe Industries. Torres will develop and manage global sales and marketing initiatives.
Says Torres, “Xero Shoes offer an amazing combination of style, fit, comfort, and function, with tremendous growth potential. I’m excited to be part of this skilled and passionate team and to building a strong sales organization focusing on wholesale dealer growth and consumer activations. We’ll drive Xero Shoes to the masses by emphasizing marketing that builds massive brand awareness that creates sell-‐through for our retail partners.”
Xero Shoes manufactures and sells “lightweight performance recreation footwear” that over 100,000 people in 94 countries wear for everything from a hike along the Appalachian Trial to a yoga or Crossfit class to running an ultra marathon across Costa Rica, or even just to stroll on the beach. Co-‐founders and husband–wife team Steven Sashen and Lena Phoenix presented Xero Shoes on Shark Tank in 2013 where they turned down a $400,000 offer from Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary.
Torres brings a wealth of experience to a brand on the verge of global recognition. Torres has been seen on nearly every national morning show – from Good Morning America to Fox & Friends – promoting his products as well as the athletes he’s mentored into role models and brand ambassadors. He developed Slacklining into a new sport through consumer events, leading to his sponsored athletes performing in Madonna’s 2012 Super Bowl Half Time. He placed athletes in the Cirque du Soleil Show, “Michael Jackson One” at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and partnered with Cirque, MGM Resorts and Gibbon USA to create the 2013 Las Vegas MEGA STUNT.
Xero Shoes was Biz West magazine’s fastest growing early-‐stage company (and 3rd fastest overall) in 2014. Says Steven Sashen, “It’s Lena’s and my goal to share the fun and benefits of Xero Shoes with as many people as possible. Emilio will accelerate our journey dramatically, and we couldn’t be more optimistic about our future.”
ABOUT:
Feel The World, Inc. of Broomfield, CO, manufactures Xero Shoes®, lightweight, performance recreation footwear. Durable, stylish and affordable — Xero Shoes supply the fun and benefits of being barefoot, but with a layer of protection and comfort. Feel The World, Inc. launched in December 2009. To date, over100,000 customers, ages 1 to 91, in 94 countries wear Xero Shoes for walking, hiking, yoga and gym-‐going, Crossfit, kayaking, rafting, paddle boarding, jogging, and even running hundred-‐mile ultra marathons.
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