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ABOUT US
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Marino Caliterna and
Miki Otokawa, owners
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ITALIA CONSULTANT
Italia Consultant is a privately held, profitable buying office firm privately run since 2004 and incorporated in July 2006 in Florence, Italy. Italia Consultant specializes as brokers of high quality Made in Italy products and private brand manufacturing. Online catalogs are available for most product categories, from fashion to leather goods, glass. ceramics, food etc.
We are a small family business and choose to stay so in order to offer our clients a complete and personal service.
Our office is within our home, so that our clients get almost round the clock attention and pay only for valuable service, not for fancy premises. Our showroom is mostly a virtual one (online) for the same reason.
Italia Consultant's management has been doing business internationally for over 15 years. In the process, working also with Global 500 and Fortune 500 companies as well as government and international institutions. We believe in integrity, honesty, thoroughness, long-lasting, happy clients.
Recent activity shows a marked growth owing to our reliability, integrity, connections with top Italian distributors, suppliers and manufacturers, keen attention to each client's needs. Our success is also due to the ability of spotting new profitable Italian brands and Made in Italy products through continuous scouting.
We are conveniently located in Florence, Italy, very close to the airport, railway station, major highways (A1) and the Hilton Hotel.
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Our location,
Florence Italy
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COMPANY RECORDS
Registered company name: Italia Consultant di Marino Caliterna
Registered address of business: Via O. Rosai 9 - 50142, Florence, ITALY.
VAT Number (P. IVA): IT05658320485
Italian Chamber of Commerce records: CLTMRN67A11D612H
n. Rea : 564158
D-U-N-S Number: 33-842-8416
Marino Caliterna, owner of Italia Consultant, is a dual citizen, Italian and British. Formerly a US resident, has extensive experience about cultural and business issues between Italy, the United States and Japan.
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Miki Otokawa is a Japanese citizen resident in Florence, Italy, for over 12 years. Miki Otokawa has also lived and studied in America. A full-time partner of Italia Consultant, Miki Otokawa specializes in brand name fashion products and in catering to our Asian clients.
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Our location, Florence Italy
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WHAT WE DO - FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
Italia Consultant acts as a buying office and brokers on behalf of International clients seeking quality products and manufacturing sourcing in Italy.
Since the early 1800's, many buying offices have been active in Florence, mostly connected with English and American trading companies. A heritage of global trading dating back to the early Renaissance and which eventually allowed Florence to become powerful and endowed with the works of art which are known to all of the world.
Keeping up with centuries of tradition in the age of the Internet, Italia Consultant specializes in better Italian product and manufacturing sourcing, buying and consulting services for foreign businesses operating with Italy, Made in Italy product and manufacturer search, new fashion brands sourcing, private brand/OEM sourcing, production management, inspections, logistics, groupage, pick and pack, all buying office services.
Recent activity shows a trend towards establishing long term business relationship with larger buying companies from North America, Japan and Europe. Among services offered are: the sourcing of top brand name fashion collections; securing International distribution contracts with established and emerging Italian brands; production management of high end Italian denim, shoes, leather handbags collections, fine tableware specializing in OEM, private brand, private label productions. Pre-shipping inspections of cargo originating in Italy, inspection of premises in Italy. Fully online services are available.
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We support UNICEF
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COMMITMENTS
Italia Consultant is committed to support and propagate the Italian lifestyle through quality Italian products. We believe that people's lives and the world can improve from the present condition by adopting an Italian lifestyle, in the better sense of the word. An Italian lifestyle is a complex and healthy combination of aesthetics, innovation, enjoyment of the fine but simple things of life, enjoyment of other people's company. All this enriches the experience of life.
In this, we are committed to support the smaller and traditional quality enterprises of Italy which offer a unique combination of skilled craftmanship, new ideas and technological innovation. Italia Consultant prefers to source its suppliers and manufacturers among those who comply with Italian and EU labour, environmental and fiscal laws and regulations.
Italia Consultant strives to make a small impact on the environnment and is proud to be a virtually paperless operation. Our CO2 emissions are estimated to be below 1 Ton/month.
Italia Consultant supports the children through UNICEF and invites you to do the same: www.unicef.org
Full company profile and references are available upon request.
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