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How Summum is leveraging Modexpress’s expertise to ‘Drive Ambition Together’
When Jos and Jorien Wijker first founded Amsterdam-based fashion label Summum in 1998, the couple did not imagine the international success the brand would have today. Growing from a single collection to 11 stores across the Netherlands and countless wholesale partners, the self-proclaimed “down-to-earth Dutch brand with an international appeal is now sold in eighteen countries and counting.
How Summum is leveraging Modexpress’s expertise to ‘Drive Ambition Together’
When Jos and Jorien Wijker first founded Amsterdam-based fashion label Summum in 1998, the couple did not imagine the international success the brand would have today. Growing from a single collection to 11 stores across the Netherlands and countless wholesale partners, the self-proclaimed “down-to-earth Dutch brand with an international appeal is now sold in eighteen countries and counting.
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Continue to scale
As the brand continues to scale its offerings into new international markets, commercial director Lars Gelling, who has been with the brand for over 18 years and built up its export business, sought the proper logistics and fulfillment partner who could help them achieve their ambitious growth.
International online business expansion
With Summum’s international online business expansion, he knew that to keep up with rising customer expectations, particularly regarding shipping speed and cost, it would be best to secure dedicated third-party logistics providers to help manage their inventory storage, order fulfillment, and returns.
Wanting to work with a dedicated fashion logistics and fulfillment partner, he reached out to Modexpress back in 2020. “As we were growing and growing, I decided that we needed to find a dedicated logistics partner who could take over the shipping and fulfillment of our pre-orders,” explained Gelling.
Tailored solutions from Modexpress
Established in 1985 as a hanging garment transporter, Modexpress has emerged as the fashion industry’s premier international logistics and fulfillment provider. What sets them apart is their diverse range of services tailored to the unique needs of fashion retailers and brands.
With seven warehouses in the Netherlands spanning over 200,000 square meters and their own proprietary transport network, Modexpress offers global support to fashion brands. Their strength lies in their ability to blend wholesale, retail, and e-commerce services, adapting to the dynamic demands of the fashion industry.
“I am fully confident that Modexpress can and will fulfill all our logistic and warehouse ambitions.”
‘I am fully confident that Modexpress can and will fulfill all our logistic and warehouse ambitions. The faster and better our products are delivered, the better our products are sold online and in the stores.
As we are still growing in all divisions, we have decided that we want Modexpress to take over all our business-to-business (B2B) re-orders as well as our direct-to-consumer (D2C) orders and returns. Thanks to this extension of our partnership with Modexpress, we are able to remain at our current headquarters in Amsterdam and concentrate on growing our international markets and fashion collections to strengthen our business.’
Lars Gelling | Summum
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