Bag and umbrella specialist joins stable; Sandra Vanstan also back on board.
William Lamb has expanded its business, acquiring bag and umbrella specialist Trade Mark Collections.
In addition to this, Sandra Vanstan has rejoined William Lamb as head of licensing, further strengthening the company’s senior management team. Sandra – who was previously at Amscan – will manage the licence portfolio across the group, including footwear, bags and brollies.
There are no plans to restructure as there are strong management, design and sales teams in both locations. They will be working closely across the footwear and bag/umbrella teams to maximise product ranges and distribution, for example creating coordinated season-led ranges such as wellies with brollies, back to school shoes with school bags and summer EVA clogs with swim/beach bags.
Sandra said: “The acquisition is a perfect fit for the group – both companies have a very similar business ethos being family run, with similar values focusing on best in class product, customer service and business integrity. We are both specialists in our own fields and market leaders for innovative products with many years of experience – this allows us to provide the best service and product offering to our customers.”
