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Viva Adds Charity Element to Sales Meeting

Viva's bike-oriented charity event helped the Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas

Somerville, NJ—Many companies meet for annual summits and sales awards events, but eyewear company Viva International Group added a beneficial charity component to its four-day meeting.

Held at the Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas, the internal team-building event benefited the Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. Best TeamBuilding, a team building facilitator, divided Viva’s sales associates into teams of 10 to 15 members, where each team had to assemble 36 bikes for limited-income families in the the San Antonio area.

Teams received a set of challenges to solve in order to move on to the next level of bike building.

“The summit was an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of our sales consultants while sharing new ideas for future success,” says Viva’s president Frank Rescigna. “By exploring innovative ways of working together, we were able to contribute our time to also helping others in need. We are looking forward to taking the enthusiasm of this week into 2012.”

About Viva International Group: Viva’s portfolio of brands includes: GANT by Michael Bastian, GUESS by Marciano, William Rast, BONGO, CANDIE’S, Catherine Deneuve, GANT, GANT Rugger, GUESS, Harley-Davidson, RAMPAGE, SKECHERS, plus Viva, Magic Clip, and Savvy.

 

Lauren Parker, Accessories Magazine

Lauren Parker, Editor, Accessories Magazine

As Editor of Accessories Magazine for the past 12 years, Lauren Parker has covered accessories both from a retail business perspective and a fashion point of view. In previous full-time magazine jobs and freelance gigs, she’s written about practically every angle of fashion lifestyle living, including women's fashion accessories, fine jewelry, Caribbean travel, private jets, Hampton’s real estate, the New York art scene, the bridal industry, men’s lifestyle and being a mom. She loves meeting designers and seeing how their latest offerings capture the current zeitgeist and fit into the entire cultural and social picture.

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