Epoca Promotes EVP, SVP Sales

Florida-based Epoca International has promoted Barbara Pizzella from senior vice president to executive vice president and John Bud Haley from vice president of national sales to senior vice president of sales.

Pizzella has been with Epoca International for 10 years, with prior experience coming from her time at Federated, Sears, TJX Companies and Office Depot. Pizzella has been instrumental in building high-performance teams in both China and the United States.

Pizzella is responsible for the company’s in-house merchandising team, product development team, marketing team, and graphics team, overseeing new brand and product launches into the market. Pizzella also oversees Epoca’s China team. Pizzella will continue to be cross-functional in her approach in her new role, continuing to make tremendous strides toward the future development of the company and the team.

Haley has been with Epoca International for seven years, coming from Bradshaw International, Inc. and prior to that, Lifetime Brands, with a long history of sales success in his 34 years of experience. Haley was instrumental in driving new accounts and sales across several national sales markets. He will be taking his expertise and sales success worldwide.

Epoca International is a designer and distributor of consumer houseware products. Epoca is focused on building strong consumer brands, driving innovation and differentiation within the marketplace. Within the portfolio includes Ecolution Cookware, Primula Beverage Products, Tasty kitchenware, Goodful kitchenware, Cooking Light home goods, and Country Living kitchenware, as well as a variety of private label retailer offerings, which are sold in over 40,000 locations in 18 countries at major retailers and online.

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